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Gonococcus

noun
(pl. gonococci)
1.
The pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea.  Synonym: Neisseria gonorrhoeae.





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... by a germ called the gonococcus, discovered by Dr. A. Neisser, of Breslau, Germany, in 1879. Any mucous membrane may be the seat of gonorrhea, but it attacks by preference the mucous membrane of the genital organs, and of one other organ—the eye. Its principal symptoms are: inflammation, pain, burning ...
— Woman - Her Sex and Love Life • William J. Robinson


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