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mycoplasma


Main Entry: my·co·plas·ma
Pronunciation: \ˌmī-kō-ˈplaz-mə\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural my·co·plas·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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