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Definition of gonococcus in English: gonococcusnounPlural gonococci ˌɡɒnəˈkɒkəsˌɡɑnəˈkɑkəs A bacterium which causes gonorrhoea. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a Gram-negative diplococcus Example sentencesExamples - Gonorrhea, caused by a bacterium called gonococcus that thrives in warm/moist body tissues, can infect the throat, urethra, vagina/cervix, and anus.
- I think most doctors would empirically give antibiotics for both staph and gonococcus, but apparently for this exam, that would be wrong.
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (infected fallopian tubes, ovaries, and uterus), is caused most frequently by sexually transmitted chlamydia or gonococci.
- Does it mean that no gonococci were present in the patient or that none were present in the sample submitted to the laboratory for culture?
- Laboratory tests are carried out for gonococcus and sometimes trichomonas and chlamydia, depending on the technology available.
Origin Late 19th century: blend of gonorrhoea and coccus. Definition of gonococcus in US English: gonococcusnounˌɡänəˈkäkəsˌɡɑnəˈkɑkəs A bacterium which causes gonorrhea. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a Gram-negative diplococcus Example sentencesExamples - I think most doctors would empirically give antibiotics for both staph and gonococcus, but apparently for this exam, that would be wrong.
- Laboratory tests are carried out for gonococcus and sometimes trichomonas and chlamydia, depending on the technology available.
- Gonorrhea, caused by a bacterium called gonococcus that thrives in warm/moist body tissues, can infect the throat, urethra, vagina/cervix, and anus.
- Does it mean that no gonococci were present in the patient or that none were present in the sample submitted to the laboratory for culture?
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (infected fallopian tubes, ovaries, and uterus), is caused most frequently by sexually transmitted chlamydia or gonococci.
Origin Late 19th century: blend of gonorrhea and coccus. |