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  meningococcemia me·nin·go·coc·ce·mi·a (mə-nĭng’gō-kŏk-sē’mē-ə) n. The presence of meningococci in the blood.

• Meningococcus

  [muh-ning-goh-kok-uh s] /məˌnɪŋ goʊˈkɒk əs/ noun, plural meningococci [muh-ning-goh-kok-sahy, -see] /məˌnɪŋ goʊˈkɒk saɪ, -si/ (Show IPA) 1. a reniform or spherical bacterium, Neisseria meningitidis, that causes cerebrospinal meningitis. /mɛˌnɪŋɡəʊˈkɒkəs/ noun (pl) -cocci (-ˈkɒkaɪ) 1. the bacterium that causes cerebrospinal meningitis meningococcus me·nin·go·coc·cus (mə-nĭng’gə-kŏk’əs, -nĭn’jə-) n. pl. me·nin·go·coc·ci (-kŏk’sī, -kī) A bacterium (Neisseria meningitidis) that causes […]

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