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nongonococcal urethritis
[ non-gon-uh-kok-uhl yoor-uh-thrahy-tis ]
noun
Pathology.
- a widespread sexually transmitted infection of the urethra, caused by the parasite Chlamydia trachomatis, or the mycoplasm Ureaplasma urealyticum, characterized in males by painful urination and discharge from the penis and in females by frequent, painful urination and cervical erosion. : NGU
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nongonococcal urethritis1
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The clinical name of the Cinderella disease: nongonococcal urethritis, or NGU.
But in a majority of cases of NGU, no gonococcus can be found�hence the name nongonococcal urethritis.
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