- of or relating to the meningococcus bacterium
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meningococcal /mɛˌnɪŋɡəʊˈkɒkəl/, meningococcic /mɛˌnɪŋɡəʊˈkɒkɪk/ adj
me•nin•go•coc•cus
(mə ning′gō kok′əs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -coc•ci
me•nin′go•coc′cal, me•nin•go•coc•cic
(mə ning′gō kok′ik, -kok′sik),USA pronunciation adj.
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(-kok′sī, -sē).USA pronunciation
- Microbiologya reniform or spherical bacterium, Neisseria meningitidis, that causes cerebrospinal meningitis.
- Neo-Latin; see meninges, -o-, coccus
- 1890–95;
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