meningococcus

noun

A bacterium (Neisseria meningitidis) that causes cerebrospinal meningitis.

noun

A coccus supposed to be the cause of cerebrospinal fever.

noun

See diplococcus intracellularis meningitidis (with cut).

noun

A pathogenic bacterium, Neisseria meningitidis, that causes cerebrospinal meningitis