meningococcaladj.
/məˌnɪŋɡə(ʊ)ˈkɒkl/, U.S. /məˌnɪŋɡoʊˈkɑk(ə)l/ Pathology.
Caused by the meningococcus ( Neisseria meningitidis); of or relating to the meningococcus.
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vibrionic1850
vibrioid1864
micrococcal1881
gonococcal1888
pneumococcic1891
spirillar1891
pneumococcal1895
pneumococcous1897
streptococcal1897
streptococcic1897
paratyphoid1898
schizomycetic1898
amphitrichous1900
lophotrichous1900
staphylococcal1900
streptococcous1902
streptothricial1903
staphylococcic1904
rhizobial1906
meningococcal1907
meningococcic1907
clostridial1909
botulinum1910
coccoid1912
treponemal1913
Salmonella1916
leptospiral1924
neisserian1925
rickettsial1925
coccal1928
amphitrichate1929
botulinal1939
eubacterial1946
myxococcal1946
coryneform1952
neisserial1955
myxobacterial1957
listerial1961
listeric1961
cyanobacterial1974
1907 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 22 227 One case..associated with tubercular meningitis..clearly falls..into line with meningococcal arthritis.
1949 H. W. Florey in H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics I. i. 23 Meningococcal carriers were successfully cleared of micro-organisms.
1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) xvii. 225 Chronic meningococcal septicæmia is characterized by recurrent pyrexia, muscle- and joint-pains and a rash..over the limbs and back of the body.
1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) iv. 534 Meningococcal meningitis..is the main epidemic form of meningitis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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