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pneumocystis

pneumocystis noun: a parasitic fungal organism of the genus Pneumocystis, in humans specifically Pneumocystis jorevicii.

Noun

pneumocystis

  1. A parasitic fungal organism of the genus Pneumocystis, in humans specifically Pneumocystis jorevicii.

Origin of pneumocystis

Borrowed from translingual Pneumocystis.

Words formed from pneumocystis

Questions about pneumocystis

What does pneumocystis mean?
Pneumocystis means a parasitic fungal organism of the genus Pneumocystis, in humans specifically Pneumocystis jorevicii.
What part of speech is pneumocystis?
Pneumocystis is a noun.

Words near pneumocystis in the dictionary

  1. pneumoconiosis
  2. pneumoconiotic
  3. pneumocyclicin
  4. pneumocystiasis
  5. pneumocystic
  6. pneumocystis
  7. pneumocystis pneumonia
  8. pneumocystoses
  9. pneumocystosis
  10. pneumocyte
  11. pneumocytes

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