MENINGOCOCCUS


Meaning of MENINGOCOCCUS in English

— meningococcal, meningococcic /meuh ning'goh kok"ik, -kok"sik/ , adj.

/meuh ning'goh kok"euhs/ , n. , pl. meningococci /-kok"suy, -see/ .

a reniform or spherical bacterium, Neisseria meningitidis, that causes cerebrospinal meningitis.

[ 1890-95; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .