noun
- Plural of mycoplasma; a group of very small, single-celled microorganisms that lack a cell wall and often cause disease in animals and plants.
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- Mycoplasmas are among the smallest free-living organisms known to science.
- The infection was caused by mycoplasmas that spread through the livestock herd.
- Researchers studied how mycoplasmas attach to host cell membranes.
- Some mycoplasmas are responsible for respiratory diseases in poultry.
- The laboratory identified mycoplasmas in the patient's respiratory samples.