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meningococcus

/muh-ning-goh-kok-uhs/US // məˌnɪŋ goʊˈkɒk əs //UK // (mɛˌnɪŋɡəʊˈkɒkəs) //

脑膜炎球菌,脑膜炎双球菌,流脑,血清球菌

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural me·nin·go·coc·ci [muh-ning-goh-kok-sahy, -see]. /məˌnɪŋ goʊˈkɒk saɪ, -si/.

    • : a reniform or spherical bacterium, Neisseria meningitidis, that causes cerebrospinal meningitis.

Examples

  • Despite the “meningo-” prefix, meningococcus causes two distinct clinical diseases, each accounting for about half the illnesses.

  • The Princeton outbreak also marks the third time meningococcus has been in the news recently.

  • And it is likely that the same is true of the meningococcus currently being spread.

  • Fortunately for meningococcus, we surely have the tools to prevent the next case.

  • Few infectious diseases are as frightening as meningococcus.

  • The meningococcus and the virus of poliomyelitis pass from the nose into the cranial cavity without local lesions in the former.

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