nongonococcal urethritis

1. 1.

   sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia)

   SynonymsNGU

   Broaderurethritis

Questions about nongonococcal urethritis

What does nongonococcal urethritis mean?

nongonococcal urethritis means "sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia)".

What is another word for nongonococcal urethritis?

Close synonyms include NGU. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nongonococcal urethritis a common word?

nongonococcal urethritis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.