MYCOPLASMA


Meaning of MYCOPLASMA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌmī-kō-ˈplaz-mə ]

noun

( plural -mas also my·co·plas·ma·ta -mə-tə)

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1955

: any of a genus ( Mycoplasma of the family Mycoplasmataceae) of pleomorphic gram-negative chiefly nonmotile bacteria that lack a cell wall and are mostly parasitic usually in mammals — called also pleuropneumonia-like organism

• my·co·plas·mal -məl adjective

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