See Also: neisseria(dictionary)
neisseria(medicine)
neisseria gonorrhoeae(medicine)
Neisseria subflava(medicine)
Neisseria sicca(medicine)
Neisseria meningitidis(medicine)
Neisseria haemolysans(medicine)
Neisseria flavescens(medicine)
Neisseria flava(medicine)
Neisseria caviae(medicine)

neisseria (iou)



neisseria noun. . M20.
[mod. Latin (see below), from A. L. S. Neisser (1855-1916), German dermatologist and bacteriologist: see -IA1.]
Microbiology & Medicine. A bacterium of the genus Neisseria of aerobic, Gram-negative, parasitic or pathogenic diplococci, found esp. on mammalian mucous membranes and including gonococci and meningococci.