neisseria
noun
neisseria is a noun meaning “Any of several Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Neisseria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-E-I-S-S-E-R-I-A, and it appears about once in every 9 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of neisseria is neisserias or neisseriae.
What does neisseria mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Neisseria.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of neisseria
- neisserias plural
- neisseriae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is neisseria?
Neisseria appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does neisseria come from?
From the genus name Neisseria.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).