mycoplasma
mycoplasma noun: any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
Noun
mycoplasma (countable and uncountable, plural mycoplasmas or mycoplasmata)
- Any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Officials are investigating whether the illness was caused by mycoplasma, a common bacteria known as walking pneumonia.2007 January 5, Katie Zezima, “More Rhode Island Schools Closed in Disease Outbreak”, in New York Times
- It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally...2013 March, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2017, page 83
mycoplasma meaning in Tamil
mycoplasma in Tamil
- ஒருவகை நோய்க் கிருமி, மைக்கோபிளாஸ்மா நுண்ணுயிர், செல்சுவரற்ற நுண் உயிரி, புறைசசுவரற்ற அணு உயிரி
Forms of mycoplasma
| plural | mycoplasmas |
|---|---|
| plural | mycoplasmata |
Origin of mycoplasma
From translingual Mycoplasma, from Latin, from Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “fungus”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “-shaped”). Equivalent to myco- + plasma.
Words formed from mycoplasma
Questions about mycoplasma
- What does mycoplasma mean?
- Mycoplasma means any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
- What is mycoplasma in Tamil?
- Mycoplasma in Tamil is ஒருவகை நோய்க் கிருமி, மைக்கோபிளாஸ்மா நுண்ணுயிர், செல்சுவரற்ற நுண் உயிரி. See Mycoplasma meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mycoplasma?
- Mycoplasma is a noun.
- What is the plural of mycoplasma?
- The plural of mycoplasma is mycoplasmas.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mycoplasma (page history and authors); mycoplasma (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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