No. 9,804 in Catalan
meningococ
"Meningococ" refers to the bacterium *Neisseria meningitidis*, which can cause meningitis and other serious infections.
In a sentence
El meningococ és responsable de malalties greus.
Meningococcus is responsible for serious diseases.
Here, 'meningococ' is used as the subject of the sentence to specify a bacterium known to cause severe infections.
Els estudis sobre el meningococ han avançat molt recentment.
Studies on meningococcus have advanced significantly recently.
In this case, 'meningococ' is employed to denote the bacterium as the focus of scientific research.
La vacuna ajuda a prevenir infeccions pel meningococ.
The vaccine helps prevent infections caused by meningococcus.
Here, 'meningococ' serves to identify the type of infection that the vaccine targets—those caused by this specific bacterium.
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