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noun
Any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
Narrower terms: pleuropneumonialike organism, PPLO
History
From translingual Mycoplasma, from Latin, from Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “fungus”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “-shaped”). Equivalent to myco- + plasma.
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