Path. [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 Leucorrhœal, Leucorrhœic (also -rrhoic, on Gr. type -ρροἲκός; 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.
