This is the 9804th most frequent Catalan word.
meningococ
"Meningococ" refers to the bacterium *Neisseria meningitidis*, which can cause meningitis and other serious infections.
Here, 'meningococ' is used as the subject of the sentence to specify a bacterium known to cause severe infections.
El meningococ és responsable de malalties greus.
Meningococcus is responsible for serious diseases.
In this case, 'meningococ' is employed to denote the bacterium as the focus of scientific research.
Els estudis sobre el meningococ han avançat molt recentment.
Studies on meningococcus have advanced significantly recently.
Here, 'meningococ' serves to identify the type of infection that the vaccine targets—those caused by this specific bacterium.