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  • noun Plural form of meningococcus.

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Examples

  • Captain Ellis began an investigation into the grouping of the various strains of "meningococci" -- the organism causing cerebro-spinal meningitis, with the ultimate object of obtaining a more efficient anti-serum for the treatment of this disease.

    On the Fringe of the Great Fight 1921

  • Meningococcal disease is caused by bacteria (germs) called meningococci, also known as

    coloradoan.com - Local News 2010

  • Some of the diagnostic materials for meningococci, and Chlamydia are monoclonals.

    Monoclonal Antibodies in Clinical Research 2008

  • Isatis I. indigotica or I. tinctoria, also known as da qing ye in Traditional Chinese Medicine, contains indican and isatin B among other compounds and is known to have potent antibacterial properties against staphylococci, pneumococci, and meningococci, which means that it is useful for virtually all common bacterial infections.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • Serogroup A and C meningococci are the main causes of epidemic meningitis.

    Chapter 2 1998

  • Lehner says his company is also the local representative for the Carlos J. Finlay Institute's meningococci vaccine, which was tested with "excellent" results in Antioquia, where 20,000 children were inoculated with doses donated by the Cuban

    Castro, Colombian Businessmen Review Trade 1994

  • Whenever a person sees a child with fever or any symptom, he immediately thinks about the possibility of meningococci.

    Castro, Colombian Businessmen Review Trade 1994

  • The U.S. has it -- not the vaccine but the bacteria, the meningococci -- and a few European countries have it.

    Castro's Science Day Ceremony Speech 1990

  • We began to work and we developed the vaccine against meningococci meningitis type B, in a few years.

    INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE EXPANSION 1989

  • We had the fight against meningococci meningitis type B.

    INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE EXPANSION 1989

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