Synonyms & related words for gonococcal

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of gonococcal. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to gonococcal

Explore words related to gonococcal — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include gonococci, gonococcus, staphylococcic, diplococcus, treponema, gonorrheal, mycobacterium, chlamydiae. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does gonococcal come from?

The word gonococcal breaks down into 3 roots of Greek and Latin origin: gono-, from Greek gonos (“seed, generation (i.e. genital/semen)”); cocc, from Greek kokkos (“berry, grain (spherical bacterium)”); and -al, from Latin -alis (“of, relating to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.