gonorrhea

English

Alternative forms

gonorrhoea, gonorrhœa (British)

Etymology

From New Latin, from Late Latin gonorrhoea, from Ancient Greek γονόρροια (gonórrhoia), from γόνος (gónos, “sperm, seed, offspring”) + ῥοία (rhoía, “flow”) (ca. 1526). By surface analysis, gono- +‎ -rrhea.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɒn.əˈɹiː.ə/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɑn.əˈɹi.ə/
Rhymes: -iːə

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Noun

gonorrhea (countable and uncountable, plural gonorrheas)

A skin lesion caused by gonorrhea.

(American spelling) A sexually transmitted infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a species of bacteria (the gonococcus) that affects the mucous membrane of the genital and urinary tracts.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

super gonorrhea

Related terms

Translations

STD

Afrikaans: gonorree
Arabic: سَيَلَان m (sayalān)
Arikara: karahkotkaáhux
Armenian: սուսանակ (hy) (susanak), գոնոռեա (gonoṙea)
Assamese: গনৰিয়া (gonoria)
Assiniboine: cé otùyąbi
Asturian: gonorrea
Azerbaijani: süzənək, qonoreya
Basque: gonorrea (eu)
Belarusian: ганарэ́я f (hanaréja)
Bulgarian: гоноре́я f (gonoréja), три́пер m (tríper)
Burmese: ညောင်းကျရောဂါ (nyaung:kya.rau:ga), ဆီးပူညောင်းကျ (my) (hci:pu-nyaung:kya.)
Catalan: gonocòccia f
Central Franconian: Tripper, Gonorrhoe
Chinese:
Cantonese: 淋病 (lam⁴beng⁶)

Mandarin: 淋病 (zh) (lìnbìng, línbìng)

Wu: 淋病 (lin³bin³)
Chuvash: гонорея (gonoreja), триппер (tripper)
Czech: kapavka (cs) f
Dagbani: kpaɣipiɛliga
Danish: gonoré
Dhivehi: ކިހުނުވުން (kihunuvun̊)
Dinka: biyuu, nyagino
Dutch: gonorroe (nl), druiper (nl)
Esperanto: gonoreo
Estonian: gonorröa
Faroese: dryppari m
Finnish: tippuri (fi), gonorrea (fi)
French: gonorrhée (fr) f, blennorragie (fr) f
Galician: gonorrea, blenorraxia, blenorrea, gonococia
Georgian: გონორეა (gonorea)
German: Gonorrhoe (de) f, Tripper (de) m
Greek: βλεννόρροια (el) f (vlennórroia)
Ancient: γονόρροια f (gonórrhoia)
Haitian Creole: gonore
Hausa: ciwon sanyi
Hebrew: זִיבָה (he) f (zivá)
Hindi: प्रमेह (hi) (prameh), गोनोरिया (gonoriyā)
Hungarian: kankó (hu), tripper (hu)
Icelandic: lekandi
Ido: gonoreo (io)
Indonesian: kencing nanah (id), gonore (id)
Irish: gónairith
Italian: gonorrea (it) f
Jamaican Creole: ganariya
Japanese: 淋病 (ja) (りんびょう, rinbyō)
Kannada: ಗೊನೊರಿಯಾ (gonoriyā)
Kashubian: tripel
Kazakh: соз (soz), жіңішке (kk) (jıñışke)
Khmer: ប្រមេះទឹកបាយ (km) (prɑɑmihtɨkbaay)
Korean: 임질 (淋疾) (imjil)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سووزەنەک (sûzenek)

Northern Kurdish: sûsenek (ku)
Kyrgyz: сүзөк (ky) (süzök), гонорея (gonoreya)
Latin: gonorrhoea f
Latvian: gonoreja, triperis
Limburgish: druper, gonorroe
Lithuanian: gonorėja
Low German: drüpper
German Low German: Gonorrhö, Drüpper
Macedonian: гонореја (gonoreja), трипер (triper), калавец (kalavec)
Malagasy: angatra (mg)
Malay: gonorea
Malayalam: ഗൊണോറിയ (ml) (goṇōṟiya)
Maori: pakiwhara
Mingrelian: გონორეა (gonorea), ტრიპერი (ṭriṗeri)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: заг (mn) (zag)

Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠭ (ǰag)
N'Ko: ߞߙߐ߬ߛߌ߬ߣߍ߲ (krɔsinɛn)
Nandi: kipnonog
Neapolitan: scarfatura f
Nepali: धातुमेह (dhātumeha)
Norman: gôrre f, vétheule honteuse f
Norwegian: gonoré
Odia: ଗନରିଆ (or) (gônôria)
Pashto: سوزاک (ps) (suzâk)
Persian: سوزاک (fa) (suzâk), گنوره (gonore)
Polish: rzeżączka (pl) f, wiewiór (pl), tryper (pl)
Portuguese: gonorreia (pt) f
Romanian: gonoree (ro) f, blenoragie (ro)
Russian: гоноре́я (ru) f (gonoréja), пари́жский на́сморк m (parížskij násmork) (slang, "Parisian cold"), три́ппер (ru) m (trípper), три́пер (ru) m (tríper), перело́й (ru) (perelój)
Sami:
Inari Sami: tippur, gonorrea
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гонореја f

Roman: gonoreja (sh) f, kapavac (sh) m
Shona: chizonono, chinzonono
Sinhalese: සුදු බිංදුම (sudu biṁduma), ගොනෝරියාව (gonōriyāwa)
Slovak: kvapavka (sk) f, gonorea (sk) f, gonokoková infekcia
Slovene: gonoreja (sl) f, kapavica (sl)
Spanish: gonorrea (es) f
Sundanese: gonore, gonoré
Swahili: kisonono (sw), kisalisali
Swedish: gonorré (sv), dröppel (sv)
Tagalog: tulas, gonoreya, gonoria, gonorea
Tajik: сӯзок (süzok), пармев (parmev), гонорея (gonoreya), триппер (tripper)
Tamil: கொணோறியா (koṇōṟiyā)
Tatar: гонорея (ğonoreya)
Telugu: సెగవ్యాధి (segavyādhi), గనేరియా (ganēriyā)
Thai: หนองใน
Tibetan: གྲང་གཞི (grang gzhi), གྲང་བ (grang ba)
Turkish: belsoğukluğu (tr), gonore
Ukrainian: гоноре́я f (honoréja), трипер (tryper), чєрвєница (čjervjenyca), наконе́шник (nakonéšnyk)
Urdu: جریان (jryān)
Vietnamese: lậu mủ, lậu (vi)
Waray-Waray: gonorea
Yakut: бүлтүрэй (bültürey), һонорейа (honoreya)
Yurok: mechomee'
Zhuang: nyouhin

References

gonorrhea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Neisseria gonorrhoeae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
“gonorrhea”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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