"mycoplasma" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mycoplasmas [plural], mycoplasmata [plural]
Etymology: From translingual Mycoplasma, from Latin, from Ancient Greek μυκής (mukḗs, “fungus”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “-shaped”). Equivalent to myco- + plasma. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Mycoplasma}} translingual Mycoplasma, {{bor|en|la|-}} Latin, {{der|en|grc|μυκής||fungus}} Ancient Greek μυκής (mukḗs, “fungus”), {{m|grc|πλάσμα||-shaped}} πλάσμα (plásma, “-shaped”), {{prefix|en|myco|plasma}} myco- + plasma Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|mycoplasmata}} mycoplasma (countable and uncountable, plural mycoplasmas or mycoplasmata)
  1. Any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically Mycoplasma pneumoniae Wikipedia link: mycoplasma Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Bacteria Derived forms: mycoplasma-like organism Translations (infectious bacterium): 黴漿菌 (Chinese Mandarin), 霉浆菌 (méijiāngjūn) (Chinese Mandarin), 支原體 (Chinese Mandarin), 支原体 (zhīyuántǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), mykoplazma [feminine] (Czech), mükoplasma (Estonian), mykoplasma (Finnish), Mykoplasmen [plural] (German), микоплазма (mikoplazma) (Kazakh), micoplasma [feminine] (Portuguese), mycoplasma (Swedish)

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