- pleuropneumonialike organism
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/ploor"oh noo mohn"yeuh luyk', -moh"nee euh-, -nyoo-, ploor'-/any antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a form of pneumonia in humans. Abbr.: PPLO[1930-35]
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pleuropneumonialike organism
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pleuropneumonialike organism — noun a mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humans • Syn: ↑PPLO • Hypernyms: ↑mycoplasma * * * /ploor oh noo mohn yeuh luyk , moh nee euh , nyoo , ploor / any antibiotic resistant mycoplasma causing a form of… … Useful english dictionary
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
PPLO — See pleuropneumonialike organism. * * * … Universalium
mycoplasma — noun any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection • Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium, ↑true bacteria • Hyponyms: ↑pleuropneumonialike organism … 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
PPLO — Abbreviation for pleuropneumonia like organisms, under organism. * * * pleuropneumonia like organism * * * PPLO .pē .pē .el ō n, pl PPLO MYCOPLASMA * * * see mycoplasma * * * pleuropneumonialike organisms … Medical dictionary
