gonococcus

American  

[gon-uh-kok-uhs] / ˌgɒn əˈkɒk əs /

noun

PLURAL

gonococci

1. the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, causing gonorrhea.

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gonococcus British  

/ ˌɡɒnəʊˈkɒkəs /

noun

1. a spherical Gram-negative bacterium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, that causes gonorrhoea: family Neisseriaceae

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Other Word Forms

• gonococcal adjective
• gonococcic adjective
• gonococcoid adjective

Etymology

Origin of gonococcus

First recorded in 1885–90; gono- + -coccus

Example Sentences

Each then receives a drop of the silver solution, which is made just strong enough to kill any gonococci that might be present without itself inflaming the eye.

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The gonococcus remains virulent for two or three years at the least in a man's chronic gleet, and if he marries he infects his wife.

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Although this variety of conjunctivitis is principally due to infection by gonococci, other microbes, which more frequently set up a catarrhal type, may lead to the purulent form.

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The gonococci become hidden in the folds of the deep parts of the mucous membrane, both in men and women, and cannot all be destroyed.

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Pyogenic Diseases are met with in childhood and youth as a result of infection with the common pyogenic organisms, gonococci, pneumococci, or typhoid bacilli.

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