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gonococcus

[ gon-uh-kok-uhs ]

noun

plural gonococci
  1. the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, causing gonorrhea.


gonococcus

/ ˌɡɒəʊˈɒə /

noun

  1. a spherical Gram-negative bacterium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, that causes gonorrhoea: family Neisseriaceae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌDzԴˈdz, adjective
  • ˌDzԴˈdzǾ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dzo·dzc Dz··dz· [gon-, uh, -, kok, -sik], adjective
  • Dzo·dzcǾ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of gonococcus1

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

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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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