Mycoplasma

Definition: Mycoplasma

Mycoplasma

Noun

1. The smallest self-reproducing prokaryote; lacks a cell wall and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection.

Specialty Definition: Mycoplasma

Domain	Definition
Health	A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic bacteria bounded by a plasma membrane only. Its organisms are parasites and pathogens, found on the mucous membranes of humans, animals, and birds. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Mycoplasma

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Mycoplasma is a genus of small bacteria which lack cell walls. Several species are pathogenic in humans, including M. pneumoniae, which is an important cause of pneumonia and other respiratory disorders, and M. genitalium, which is involved in pelvic inflammatory diseases. An analysis of tRNA and rRNA sequences indicates that Mycoplasma belongs among the Firmicutes, and in particular is derived from the Lactobacillus-Clostridium group by losing a significant amount of DNA.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mycoplasma."

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Crosswords: Mycoplasma

English words defined with "mycoplasma": atypical pneumonia ♦ mycoplasmal pneumonia ♦ pleuropneumonialike organism, PPLO, primary atypical pneumonia, procaryote, prokaryote. (references)

Specialty definitions using "mycoplasma": Mycoplasma fermentans, Mycoplasma Infections, Mycoplasma pneumonia, Mycoplasma pneumoniae ♦ PLANT PATHOLOGIST, Pleuropneumonia, Contagious, Pneumonia, Mycoplasma. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Mycoplasma

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Mycoplasma Pneumonia (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection Serological, aetiological and epidemiological studies (reference) Textbook of Botany: Vol. I: Algae, Fungi, Bacteria, Virus, Lichens, Mycoplasma & Elementary Plant Pathology (reference) Mycoplasma hominis infections in the female genital tract (reference) Virus, Mycoplasma and Rickettsia Diseases of Fruit Trees (Forestry Sciences, Vol 10) (reference) Plant Diseases of Viral, Viroid, Mycoplasma and Uncertain Etiology (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Mycoplasma

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Mycoplasma are simpler than bacteria but more complex than viruses. (references)
		Some microbes, like Chlamydia and Mycoplasma, can be detected only with special bacterial cultures. (references)
		Unlike E. coli, Chlamydia and Mycoplasma may be sexually transmitted, and infections require treatment of both partners. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Mycoplasma

"Mycoplasma" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.00% of the time. "Mycoplasma" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	85%	34	59,261
Noun (proper)	15%	6	143,867
Total	100.00%	40	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Mycoplasma

Expressions using "mycoplasma": genus Mycoplasma ♦ Mycoplasma fermentans ♦ Mycoplasma hominis ♦ Mycoplasma Infections ♦ Mycoplasma mycoides ♦ Mycoplasma mycoides infection ♦ Mycoplasma mycoides var.capri infection ♦ Mycoplasma penetrans ♦ Mycoplasma pneumonia ♦ Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "mycoplasma": mycoplasma-free.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mycoplasma

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
mycoplasma	245	contamination mycoplasma	4
mycoplasma pneumonia	51	mycoplasma ureaplasma	4
mycoplasma pneumoniae	31	arginini mycoplasma	4
mycoplasma infection	14	mycoplasma randomized treatment trial	4
antibody mycoplasma	13	mycoplasma symptom	3
hyopneumoniae mycoplasma	12	mycoplasma test	3
genitalium mycoplasma	10	bovis mycoplasma	3
mycoplasma hominis	10	mycoplasma bacterium	3
gallisepticum mycoplasma	9	cattle in mycoplasma	3
hominis mycoplasma urealyticum ureaplasma	7	mycoplasma detection	2
mycoplasma treatment	6	mycoplasma picture	2
mycoplasma testing	5	dapi mycoplasma	2
mycoplasma fermentans	5	cell contamination culture mycoplasma	2
chlamydia mycoplasma	4	mycoplasma pcr real time	2
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Modern Translation: Mycoplasma

Language		Translations for "mycoplasma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		mykoplasma. (various references)

Dutch		Mycoplasma. (various references)

Finnish		mykoplasma. (various references)

French		mycoplasme. (various references)

German		Mycoplasma. (various references)

Greek		μυκόπλασμα. (various references)

Italian		micoplasma. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		マイクロ波管 (Michael, microwave tube, migrate, migration, mycotoxin). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		マイコプラズマ . (various references)

Pig Latin		ycoplasmamay

Portuguese		micoplasma. (various references)

Spanish		pleuroneumonía contagiosa de pequeños rumiantes (CCPP, contagious caprine pleuropneumonia, Mycoplasma mycoides var.capri infection), perineumonía contagiosa bovina (contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, contagious pleuro-pneumonia of cattle, Mycoplasma mycoides infection), neumonía por Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mycoplasma pneumonia), neumonía por Mycoplasma (Mycoplasma pneumonia), contaminación por micoplasma (mycoplasma contamination). (various references)

Swedish		mycoplasma. (various references)
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Derivations: Mycoplasma

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mycoplasma": mycoplasmal, mycoplasmas, mycoplasmata. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Mycoplasma

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-m-m-o-p-s-y"
	-3 letters: calypso, comsymp, copalms, payolas.
	-4 letters: alamos, campos, clammy, clamps, clomps, coalas, commas, comply, copalm, copals, cymols, lampas, myomas, pascal, payola, plasma, playas.
	-5 letters: acyls, alamo, almas, ammos, amply, amyls, asyla, calms, calos, camas, campo, camps, campy, capos, clamp, clams, claps, clasp, clays, clomp, clops, cloys, coala, coals, coaly, colas, comal, comas, comma, commy.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-m-m-o-p-s-y"
	+1 letter: mycoplasmal, mycoplasmas.
	+2 letters: mycoplasmata.
	+3 letters: lymphosarcoma.
	+4 letters: lymphosarcomas.
	+5 letters: lymphosarcomata, symptomatically.
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