gonorrhea
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— called also clap
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For instance, 20 percent of men who get rectal gonorrhea will contract HIV within five years, according to Oregon Health Authority data. — oregonlive.com, "Spike in Multnomah County HIV cases tied to drug use," 20 June 2019 Nationwide, chlamydia increased 22 percent and gonorrhea increased 67 percent from 2013 to 2017, according to the CDC website. — Tess Vrbin, courant.com, "No awkward conversations: Department of Public Health promotes confidential notification service, aiming to reduce spread of STDs," 19 June 2019 And for gonorrhea, already bad statistics got worse last year. — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, "‘Kind of alarming’: Number of new gonorrhea cases in Alaska skyrockets in 2017," 29 May 2018 And while medications can clear up STIs like chlamydia and gonorrhea, others, like herpes and HIV, are incurable. — Kasandra Brabaw, SELF, "How to Talk to Your Partner About Getting Tested With Minimal Weirdness," 25 Mar. 2019 Thailand is one country on the front line of the fight against antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea. — Sophie Cousins, CNN, "Wherever you are in the world, time is running out for treating gonorrhea," 15 May 2018 Rates for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis have been rising nationally for several years. — Washington Post, "Report finds cases of STDs reach all-time high in California," 14 May 2018 Zoliflodacin has the potential to be an effective antibiotic for treating gonorrhea. — Cathleen O'grady, Ars Technica, "New anti-gonorrhea drug called “metal as f–k”," 15 Nov. 2018 If left untreated, gonorrhea can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirths, severe eye infections in babies and infertility in both men and women. — Fox News, "Untreatable 'super gonorrhea' case could be 'tip of the iceberg'," 2 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gonorrhea.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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