leucorrhœan.
/ˌl(j)uːkəˈriːə/ Pathology.
A mucous or mucopurulent discharge from the lining membrane of the female genital organs; the whites.
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white flux1526
album1527
white1527
white flood1527
white menstruosity1599
fluor albus1659
eluvies1710
leucorrhœa1797
xanthorrhœa1891
1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 231/1 The Leucorrhœa, Fluor Albus, or Whites.
1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 870 Some mothers with leucorrhœa infect all their children.
Derivatives
ˌleucoˈrrhœal adj.
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leucorrhœal1806
leucorrhœic1888
1806 J. Roberton Treat. Cantharides ii. vi. 41 The leucorrhœal discharge.
1885 G. H. Taylor Pelvic & Hernic Therapeut. 129 A local leucorrhœal outflow.
leucorrhœic adj.
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leucorrhœal1806
leucorrhœic1888
1888 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Leucorrhœic.
leucorrhoic adj. [on Greek type -ρροϊκός; compare French leucorrhoïque (1868 in Littré), leucorrhéique (1834)] of or pertaining to leucorrhœa.
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1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 521 The suppression of a leucorrhoic running.
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