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blennorrhea

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Etymology

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From blenno- +‎ -rrhea, New Latin combining forms based on Ancient Greek roots.

Noun

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blennorrhea (countable and uncountable, plural blennorrheas)

  1. (medicine) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus.
  2. (medicine) gonorrhea[1]

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References

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  1. ^
    1839, Robley Dunglison, “BLENNORRHEA”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, [], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC: