‖ 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.
| 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XI. 231/1 The Leucorrhœa, Fluor Albus, or Whites. 1875 H. Walton Dis. Eye 870 Some mothers with leucorrhœa infect all their children. |
Hence ˌleucoˈrrhœal, leucorrhœic (also -rrhoic, on Gr. type -ρρο{giuml}κός; cf. F. leucorrhoïque, -rrhéique) adjs., of or pertaining to leucorrhœa.
| 1804 Med. Jrnl. XII. 521 The suppression of a leucorrhoic running. 1806 J. Roberton Treat. Cantharides ii. vi. 41 The leucorrhœal discharge. 1885 G. H. Taylor Pelvic Therap. 129 A local leucorrhœal outflow. 1888 Syd. Soc. Lex., Leucorrhœic. |