gonococcus; Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Medical term for the bacterium that causes gonorrhea.
Gonococcus is one of the causative agents of sexually transmitted infections.
Gonococcus was detected in the test.
Standard kanji spelling for the bacterium.
Variant kanji form; 痳 is a less common character for gonorrhea.
From 淋 (gonorrhea) + 菌 (bacterium). The kanji 淋 is used phonetically for りん, likely from the first character of 淋疾 (gonorrhea).