gonococo
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of gonorrea + coco, ultimately from Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos) and κόκκος (kókkos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gonococo m (plural gonococos)
- gonococcus
- Hypernym: bacteria
- 2018 June 4, “Alarma en California por epidemia de enfermedades de transmisión sexual”, in El Nuevo Diario[1], archived from the original on 26 October 2020:
- El mensaje, sobre un fondo negro, está acompañado de una imagen de microscopio de la cepa de la bacteria del gonococo, que causa esta enfermedad que no para de ganar terreno en California, el estado más poblado de Estados Unidos.
- The message, on a black background, is accompanied by a microscope image of the strain of gonococcus bacteria, which causes this disease that does not stop gaining ground in California, the most populous state in the United States.
Further reading
[edit]- “gonococo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28