noun
- a bacterium that causes meningitis and other serious infections
Usage: medical
Examples
- The meningococcus is responsible for bacterial meningitis outbreaks.
- Doctors tested the patient’s blood for meningococcus infection.
- A meningococcus vaccine can prevent certain strains of the disease.
- The laboratory identified meningococcus in the spinal fluid sample.
- College students are at higher risk for meningococcus transmission.
- The meningococcus bacteria can spread through respiratory droplets.