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A factor in visual grouping where contours tend to be perceived with little change in their direction.  

Pertaining to gonorrhea.  

The specific etiologic agent of gonorrhea discovered by Neisser and named Neisseria gonorrhea. A type of bacterium, Neisseria gonorrhoea, which causes gonorrhoea. Infectious agent in the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the gram-negative diplococcus that causes gonorrhea. The bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae is responsible for causing gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection affecting the genitals and…

Inflammation of the throat caused by gonorrheal infection.  

Inflammation of the heart valve resulting from gonorrheal infection.  

Skin inflammation resulting from gonorrheal infection.  

Inflammation of the joints of the body resulting from gonorrheal infection. Arthritis, often with tenosynovitis and/or rash, caused by gonococcal infection. The joints of the knees, wrists, and hands are most commonly affected. The disease may affect any sexually active person and may follow infection of a mucous membrane by gonorrhea. This presentation of gonorrhea…

Pertaining to the bacterium that causes gonorrhea.  

Reproductive glands: in males, the testes, and in females, the ovaries, gonadal hormones; gonad. A sex gland which produces gametes and also sex hormones, e.g. a testicle in males or an ovary in females. The sex glands, the parts of the reproductive system that produce the cells that can join together to form a fertilized…

A substance produced by the hypothalamus that controls the production and release of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), gonadotropin-releasing factor (GRF). A hormone originating in a region of the brain (hypothalamus) that stimulates production of another hormone (gonadotropin) in the pituitary gland, also located in the brain. GnRH is secreted by the hypothalamus. Release…