PPLO

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A form of pleuropneumonia-like organism — Any of a number of mycoplasma bacteria similar in colonial morphology and filterability to the causative agent (Mycoplasma sp.) of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia.

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pleuropneumonialike organism
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Meanings

nounPPLO (plural PPLOs)

plural PPLOs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of pleuropneumonia-like organism

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humans

Similar
pleuropneumonialike organism
Broader
mycoplasma
Also see
pleuropneumonia-like organism

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

plopLopp
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APA

PPLO. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PPLO

MLA

“PPLO.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PPLO. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “PPLO,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PPLO.

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