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‖ leucorrhœa Path.|ˌl(j)uːkəˈriːə|
[f. Gr. λευκό-ς white + ῥοία a flow.]
A mucous or mucopurulent discharge from the lining membrane of the female genital organs; the whites.
1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XI. 231/1 The Leucorrhœa, Fluor Albus, or Whites. 1875H. Walton Dis. Eye 870 Some mothers with leucorrhœa infect all their children.
Hence ˌleucoˈrrhœal, leucorrhœic (also -rrhoic, on Gr. type -ρροϊκός; cf. F. leucorrhoïque, -rrhéique) adjs., of or pertaining to leucorrhœa.
1804Med. Jrnl. XII. 521 The suppression of a leucorrhoic running. 1806J. Roberton Treat. Cantharides ii. vi. 41 The leucorrhœal discharge. 1885G. H. Taylor Pelvic Therap. 129 A local leucorrhœal outflow. 1888Syd. Soc. Lex., Leucorrhœic. |