noun
gonococcus; Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Medical term for the bacterium that causes gonorrhea.
淋菌は性感染症の原因菌の一つです。
Gonococcus is one of the causative agents of sexually transmitted infections.
検査で淋菌が検出された。
Gonococcus was detected in the test.
淋病 is the disease gonorrhea, while 淋菌 refers specifically to the bacterium that causes it.
From 淋 (gonorrhea) + 菌 (bacterium). The kanji 淋 is used phonetically for りん, likely from the first character of 淋疾 (gonorrhea).