MYCOPLASMA

mycoplasma

(noun) any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

mycoplasma (countable and uncountable, plural mycoplasmas or mycoplasmata)

Any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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