GONOCOCCUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: gonococci   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea

Synonyms:

gonococcus; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("gonococcus" is a kind of...):

bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)

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