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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 gon·or·rhe·a, gon·or·rhœ·a  n.  Med. A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap.  It is caused by infection with the bacterium Neiseria gonorrheae, and is commonly transmitted  by sexual intercourse.