neisserianadj.
/ˌnʌɪˈsɪərɪən/, U.S. /naɪˈsɪriən/ Microbiology. Now rare.
= neisserial adj.Used esp. with reference to the causative agent of gonorrhoea, Neisseria gonorrhoeae; cf. gonococcal adj.
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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
1925 Sci. Monthly May 506 Lewis reports the presence of Neisserian infection and lues among many of the tribes of Indians in the country through which he passed.
1935 Lancet 4 May 1037/1 No arthritis of specific ætiology is included—a matter of some difficulty in some cases of Neisserian infection.
1955–6 Antibiotics Ann. 3 521 (title) Phenoxymethyl penicillin (penicillin V) in treatment of acute neisserian urethritis.
1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 97 267/1 There must be many gram-negative diplococci within leukocytes which are not Neisserian.
1977 Brit. Jrnl. Venereal Dis. 53 396/1 The presence of two different Neisserian pathogens in the same patient does not prevent the occurrence of a disseminated infection.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1925