GONOCOCCUS (gonococci)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: gonococci   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does gonococcus mean? 

• GONOCOCCUS (noun)
  The noun GONOCOCCUS has 1 sense:

1. the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea

  Familiarity information: GONOCOCCUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GONOCOCCUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

gonococcus; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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)