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Mendel’s Laws
mendelevium
Mendelism
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mending
Mendip Hills
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Menelik’s bushbuck
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meningococcus
me·nin·go·coc·cus [ mə nìng gə kókəss ] (plural me·nin·go·coc·ci [ mə nìng gə kók s, mə nìng gə kó k ])


noun 
Definition:
 
bacterium causing meningitis: a bacterium that causes cerebrospinal meningitis. Latin name Neisseria meningitidis.

me·nin·go·coc·cal adjective
me·nin·go·coc·cic [ mə nìng gə kóksik ] adjective
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