MENINGOCOCCUS


Meaning of MENINGOCOCCUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mə-ˌniŋ-gə-ˈkä-kəs, -ˌnin-jə- ]

noun

( plural me·nin·go·coc·ci -ˈkäk-ˌsī, -ˌsē; -ˈkä-ˌkī, -ˌkē)

Etymology: New Latin

Date: circa 1893

: the bacterium ( Neisseria meningitidis ) that causes cerebrospinal meningitis

• me·nin·go·coc·cal -ˈkä-kəl also me·nin·go·coc·cic -ˈkäk-sik, -ˈkä-kik adjective

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