See Also: herderite(medicine)
herderite(dictionary)

pleuropneumonia (iou) and herderite (iou)


pleuropneumonia (iou)



pleuropneumonia noun. E18.
[from PLEURO- + PNEUMONIA.]
Medicine & Veterinary Medicine. Inflammation involving the pleurae and the lung; pneumonia complicated with pleurisy; esp. a contagious febrile disease of horned cattle, transmitted by a mycoplasma.
pleuropneumonia-like adjective:
pleuropneumonia-like organism = MYCOPLASMA (abbreviation
PPLO) M20.

herderite (iou)



herderite noun. E19.
[from S. A. W. von Herder (1776-1838), German mining official + -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A monoclinic phosphate and fluoride of beryllium and calcium, usu. occurring as colourless, yellowish, or greenish prisms or fibrous aggregates.