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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Related Key Words and Synonyms: Gonorrhea, Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection, clap, gonococcemia.

Slang terms

"The clap"

Gonorrhea is also commonly known by the slang term "the clap". One suggested etymology refers to a traditional treatment used to clear the blockage in the urethra from gonorrheal pus, where the penis would be "clapped" on both sides simultaneously. It could also refer to the painful sting in the male urethra, which feels like the sting of a clap (as in clapping hands) when infected with the disease. Yet another suggested source is from the old French word "clapier", meaning "brothel". Another suggested source for the term is from a notorious 18th century keeper of a brothel, Margaret Clap (better known as "Mother Clap"), though perhaps her name itself was derived from the slang term. This term has, in recent years, come to be used by extension to refer to any unspecified sexually transmitted disease.

External links

• Gonorrhea Support, Information, Pictures & Videos
• http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_gonorrhea.htm
• http://www.cdc.gov/std/
• http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh4-STD.aspx
• Gonorrhea Symptoms and Pictures
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Gonorrhea Information
• Drug-resistant gonorrhea on rise among gay men
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Gonorrhea Factsheet
• MayoClinic.Com: Gonorrhea
• Gonhorrhea News & Treatment Information
• It's Your Health - Gonorrhea at Health Canada Retrieved 2 May, 2007.