meningococcus
Americannoun
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meningococci
plural
noun
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Origin of meningococcus
From New Latin, dating back to 1890–95; see origin at meninges, -o-, coccus
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IHEs have long required vaccinations of students—for human papillomavirus, meningococcus and influenza, for example.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 5, 2021
Experts say it's important for these kids to receive all childhood vaccines plus pneumococcus and meningococcus vaccines to help fight possible infections.
From US News ● Jun. 23, 2016
Finlay researchers produced the first vaccine for group B meningococcus.
From Forbes ● Sep. 12, 2014
In a typical year in the United States about 150 people die from meningococcus, four from tetanus, none from diphtheria, 20 from pertussis, and roughly 4,000 from cancers caused by HPV.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2014
The man who catches a meningococcus is in considerably less danger for his life, even without chemotherapy, than meningococci with the bad luck to catch a man.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute perfected a serum which attacked the meningococci.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ten years ago Dr. Newell Simmons Ferry, whom Parke, Davis & Co. had hired from the University of Tennessee, began to hunt for a toxin which the meningococci might excrete.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dosage was supposed to clean out transient meningococci, the microbes that cause this form of inflammation of the brain covering.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a third and worse possibility: meningococci, which could kill Mary within an hour or two.
From Time Magazine Archive
The man who catches a meningococcus is in considerably less danger for his life, even without chemotherapy, than meningococci with the bad luck to catch a man.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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