| pleuropneumonia | <medicine> Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, especially. A kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle. Origin: Pleuro- + pneumonia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pleuropneumonia like organism | Very tinymicroorganisms (usually spherical with a diameter of 0.3 to 0.8 micrometres, the smallest cells known) which are able to slip through most filters andare therefore often found as contaminating organisms in cultures, vaccines and other supposedly sterile preparations. Some types of mycoplasmas cause pneumonia. Mycoplasmal contamination is an important problem in biotechnology, but fortunately the microbes can usually be killed with antibiotics. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pleuropneumonia, contagious | A pleuropneumonia of cattle and goats caused by species of mycoplasma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pleuropneumonia-like organisms | The original name given to a group of bacteria which did not possess cell walls; these organism's, isolated from man and other animals, soil, and sewage, are now assigned to the order Mycoplasmatales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contagious bovine pleuropneumonia | A highly infectious disease of cattle caused by Mycoplasma mycoides sp. Mycoides and occurring in acute, subacute, and chronic septicaemic forms. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| contagious caprine pleuropneumonia | An acute disease of goats caused by Mycoplasma mycoides sp. Capri. (05 Mar 2000) |