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[syn: gonococcus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gonococcus \Gon`o*coc"cus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? semen, the
genitals + NL. & E. coccus.] (Med.)
A microorganism (Neisseria gonnorrhoeae) of the genus
Neisseria (formerly Micrococcus), found in the secretion
in gonorrhea, and constituting the cause of this disease.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gonococcus
n 1: the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea [syn:
gonococcus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae]