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PLEUROPNEUMONIALIKE ORGANISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humans
Synonyms:
pleuropneumonialike organism; PPLO
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pleuropneumonialike organism" is a kind of...):
mycoplasma (any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection)
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