- pleuropneumonia-like organism
- noun Date: 1935 mycoplasma
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pleuropneumonia-like organism
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pleuropneumonia-like organism — pleu·ro·pneu·mo·nia like organism .līk n MYCOPLASMA (2) … Medical dictionary
pleuropneumonia-like organism — (= PPLO) See mycoplasmas … Dictionary of molecular biology
pleuropneumonia-like organism — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a microorganism of the family Mycoplasmataceae … Useful english dictionary
pleu|ro|pneu|mo|nia-like organism — «PLUR oh noo MOHN yuh LYK, MOH nee uh ; nyoo », any one of the filterable microorganisms resembling both viruses and bacteria that cause such diseases as primary atypical pneumonia and pleuropneumonia of cattle; mycoplasma. Abbr: PPLO (no… … Useful english dictionary
pleuropneumonia-likeorganism — pleu·ro·pneu·mo·nia like organism (plo͝or ō no͝o mōnʹyə līk , nyo͝o ) n. Abbr. PPLO See mycoplasma. * * * … Universalium
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PPLO — noun a mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humans • Syn: ↑pleuropneumonialike organism • Hypernyms: ↑mycoplasma * * * ¦pē(ˌ)pēˌelˈō noun (plural PPLO) Etymology … Useful english dictionary
Mycoplasma — The mycoplasma are a very large group of bacteria. There are more than 70 types. Mycoplasma hominis and Mycoplasma pneumoniae are among the dozen types of mycoplasma that occur in humans. Mycoplasma hominis is a common inhabitant of the vagina… … Medical dictionary
