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GONOCOCCUS
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Irregular inflected form: gonococci
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea
Synonyms:
gonococcus; Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gonococcus" is a kind of...):
bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)
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