meningococcus; Neisseria meningitidis
Medical term for the bacterium that causes meningococcal meningitis.
Meningococcus is one of the main causative bacteria of meningitis.
髄膜炎 is the disease (meningitis), while 髄膜炎菌 is the bacterium that causes it.
meningococcal meningitis; cerebrospinal meningitis
Compound of 髄膜 (meninges) + 炎 (inflammation) + 菌 (bacterium), literally 'meningitis bacterium'.