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  • adjective Alternative spelling of gonorrheal.

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gonorrhoea +‎ -al

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Examples

  • Fig. 2, Plate 57, represents the prepuce in the condition of paraphymosis following gonorrhoeal inflammation.

    Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise

  • Fig. 3, Plate 57, exhibits the form of a gonorrhoeal phymosis.

    Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise

  • A very great deal of blindness in the newly-born is due to infection of the child's eyes with the gonorrhoeal microorganisms as it passes from its mother into the world.

    Some of the Triumphs of Modern Medicine 1910

  • Little need be said here about the dangers of gonorrhoeal infection.

    The Sexual Life of the Child Albert Moll 1900

  • In this connexion the dangers may be explained that threaten the male from gonorrhoeal infection, not only in his own person, but also in the persons of his future wife and children.

    The Sexual Life of the Child Albert Moll 1900

  • In a great many cases, sexual offences against children are brought to light only when, on examining the child, gonorrhoeal or syphilitic infection is disclosed.

    The Sexual Life of the Child Albert Moll 1900

  • It is a well known fact that prostitutes are usually sterile, and this arises from the prevalence of venereal disease, which produces gonorrhoeal inflammation of the

    The Fertility of the Unfit Rutherford Waddell 1900

  • The total number of persons blind from gonorrhoeal infection from their mothers at birth is enormous.

    Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Havelock Ellis 1899

  • Such printed instruction, in clear, simple, and incisive language, should be put into the hands of every syphilitic patient as a matter of routine, and it might be as well to have a corresponding card for gonorrhoeal patients.

    Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Havelock Ellis 1899

  • Although gonorrhoea is liable to produce many and various calamities, [233] there can be no doubt that the majority of gonorrhoeal persons escape either suffering or inflicting any very serious injury.

    Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Havelock Ellis 1899

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