Pneumocystis

See also: pneumocystis

Translingual

Smear of Pneumocystis carinii stained with toluidine blue

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “the lungs”) +‎ κύστις (kústis, “bladder, pouch”).

Proper noun

Pneumocystis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pneumocystidaceae – fungi first thought to be protozoa, including the agent of pneumocystis pneumonia in humans.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Ascomycota – phylum; Pneumocystomycetes - class; Pneumocystales - order; Pneumocystaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pneumocystis carinii - type species; Pneumocystis gerbil, Pneumocystis jirovecii, Pneumocystis murina, Pneumocystis oryctolagi, Pneumocystis wakefieldiae - other selected species

Derived terms

• Pneumocystidaceae
• Pneumocystidales
• Pneumocystidomycetes

Descendants

• → Russian: пневмоци́стис (pnevmocístis)

References

• Pneumocystis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pneumocystis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pneumocystis at National Center for Biotechnology Information