See Also: pneumocystis(dictionary)
Pneumocystis carinii(medicine)
pneumocystis pneumonia(medicine)
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia(medicine)
pneumocystis carinii infections(medicine)
pneumonia, pneumocystis carinii(medicine)

pneumocystis (iou)



pneumocystis noun. M20.
[mod. Latin Pneumocystis (see below) formed as PNEUMO- + late Latin CYSTIS.]
Medicine. A parasitic protozoan, Pneumocystis carinii, which may inhabit the lungs. Also (in full pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis, pneumocystis pneumonia, pneumocystis pneumonitis), a fatal form of pneumonia characterized by cysts in the lungs, caused by infection with this organism, esp. in immunosuppressed individuals.