gono

‖n.; pl. Gonoblastidia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; offspring + &unr_; to bud. ] (Zool.) A blastostyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; offspring + E. calyx, ] (Zool.) The bell of a sessile gonozooid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; offspring + &unr_; to separate. ] (a) Separation of the sexes in different individuals; -- opposed to hermaphroditism. (b) In ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs. (c) In phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species previously hermaphrodite or sexless. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; semen, the genitals + NL. & E. coccus. ] (Med.) A microorganism (Neisseria gonnorrhoeae) of the genus Neisseria (formerly Micrococcus), found in the secretion in gonorrhea, and constituting the cause of this disease. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ From Yiddish, prob. fr. Heb. gannābh thief. ] A pickpocket or thief. [ Also spelled ganef, gonif, and goniff. ] [ Eng. Slang ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; offspring, seed + fe`rein to bear. ] 1. (Zool.) A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. gonorrhoea, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; that which begets, semen, the genitals + &unr_; to flow: cf. F. gonorrhée. ] (Med.) A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap. It is caused by infection with the bacterium Neiseria gonorrheae, and is commonly transmitted by sexual intercourse. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to gonorrhea; as, gonorrheal rheumatism. [ 1913 Webster ]