Main Entry: my·co·plas·ma

Pronunciation: \ˌmī-kō-ˈplaz-mə\

Function: noun

1 capitalized : the type genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae containing minute pleomorphic gram-negative chiefly nonmotile bacteria that are mostly parasitic usually in mammals—see pleuropneumonia 2
2 plural my·co·plas·mas also my·co·plas·ma·ta \-mət-ə\ : any bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma or of the family Mycoplasmataceae—called also pleuropneumonia-like organism, PPLO

—my·co·plas·mal \-məl\ adjective