Gonagra

/ɡoʊˈneɪɡrə/ noun

Definition

Gout or pain affecting the reproductive organs or genitals; a historical medical term for such conditions.

Etymology

From gon- (Greek gonos 'seed, reproduction') + -agra (Greek agra 'seizure, catching'). The suffix -agra appears in 'podagra' (gout of the foot), showing how doctors named painful conditions.

Kelly Says

Medieval and Renaissance doctors used this term to describe all sorts of mysterious pains in the genital area—today we know many were probably infections, but the old terminology shows how differently people categorized diseases!

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