Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the causative agent of gonorrhea.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun plural Micrococci which occur in pairs, flattened at their points of contact; the cause of gonorrheal inflammation of the mucous and serous membranes.
- noun A cell (coccus) of the micrococcus found in and among the pus-cells of the gonorrheal discharge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A vegetable microörganism of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in the secretion in gonorrhea. It is believed by some to constitute the cause of this disease.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
bacterium , taxonomic name Neisseria gonorrhoeae, that is responsible forgonorrhea .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea
Etymologies
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Examples
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[Illustration: GONORRHEA. GERMS.] = Gonorrhea = is an inflammation caused by a germ called the gonococcus, discovered by Dr.A. Neisser, of Breslau, Germany, in 1879.
Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson
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In gonorrhea we have a special organism called the "gonococcus"; while in tuberculosis -- a variety of inflammation in which the blood-vessels are completely destroyed and a change or degeneration called "cheesy" is produced, leading to the production of a tubercle -- a rod-like bacillus is invariably found, the well-known and unfortunately too common tubercle bacillus.
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In 1879 a new stage of more precise knowledge of the venereal diseases began with Neisser's discovery of the gonococcus which is the specific cause of gonorrhoea.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Havelock Ellis 1899
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“Mrs. Pryor has contracted hepatitis C and a mild case of gonococcus.”
Red Hats Damon Wayans 2010
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“Mrs. Pryor has contracted hepatitis C and a mild case of gonococcus.”
Red Hats Damon Wayans 2010
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“Mrs. Pryor has contracted hepatitis C and a mild case of gonococcus.”
Red Hats Damon Wayans 2010
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“Mrs. Pryor has contracted hepatitis C and a mild case of gonococcus.”
Red Hats Damon Wayans 2010
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I think most doctors would empirically give antibiotics for both staph and gonococcus, but apparently for this exam, that would be wrong.
Archive 2005-04-01 2005
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- Prevention of eye infections in the newborn (chlamydia and gonococcus)
Chapter 4 1993
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Tell that gonococcus of a captain that we can't lift.
Inconstant Star Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1991
hernesheir commented on the word gonococcus
Any word with three o's and three c's is worthy of repetition in my view.
February 12, 2011