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
- 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
References
Pneumocystis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Pneumocystis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Pneumocystis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Pneumocystis at Encyclopedia of Life