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pleuropneumonialike organism
Thesaurus| Noun | 1.pleuropneumonialike organism - a mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humansPPLOmycoplasma - any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection |
pleuropneumonialike organism
pleuropneumonialike organism[‚plu̇r·ō·nu̇¦mō·nyə‚lik ′ȯr·gə‚niz·əm] (microbiology) A former classification for a poorly defined group of microorganisms classified in the order Mycoplasmatales, including the smallest organisms capable of independent life, and comparable in size to the large filterable viruses. Abbreviated PPLO. pleuropneumonialike organism
pleu·ro·pneu·mon·ia·like organism (plo͝or′ō-no͝o-mōn′yə-līk)n. Abbr. PPLO See mycoplasma.pleuropneumonialike organism
Synonyms for pleuropneumonialike organismnoun a mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humansSynonymsRelated Words |