HyperDic: pleuropneumonialike_organism

English > 1 sense of the expression pleuropneumonialike organism:
NOUNanimalpleuropneumonialike organism, PPLOa mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humans
English > pleuropneumonialike organism: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humans.
SynonymPPLO
BroadermycoplasmaAny of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen

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