Neisseria gon·or·rhoe·ae (g n  -r  )n. Gonococcus. |
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
The bacterium that causes gonorrhea. It cannot survive for any length of time outside the human body.
Mentioned in: Gonorrhea
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Etymology: Albert L. S. Neisser; Gk, gone, seed, rhoia, flow
a gram-negative, nonmotile diplococcal bacterium usually seen microscopically as flattened pairs within the cytoplasm of neutrophils. It is the causative organism of gonorrhea. Also called gonococcus.
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Gonococcus STD The gram-positive coccus that causes gonorrhea, the most common STD in the US
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