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Leucorrhoea

Leucorrhoea \Leu`cor*rh[oe]"a\ (l[=u]`k[o^]r*r[=e]"[.a]), n. [Leuco- + Gr. "rei^n to flow.] (Med.) A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites.
--Dunglison.

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leucorrhoea

n. (alternative spelling of leukorrhea English)

leucorrhœa

n. (alternative form of leucorrhoea English)

Usage examples of "leucorrhoea".

The diseases known as menorrhagia, dysmenorrhoea, leucorrhoea, amenorrhoea, abortions, prolapsus, chronic inflammations and ulcerations of the womb, with a yet greater variety of sympathetic nervous disorders, are some of the distressing forms of these derangements.

An inveterate leucorrhoea is not exactly a venereal disease, and I have heard people in London say that it was rarely contagious.

Given internally, it lessens mucous secretions, and is of value in bronchorrhoea gleet, leucorrhoea and chronic bronchitis, and asthma.