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Posted by 17hens (Member # 23747) on :

before I look like an idiot (no comments), how do you pronounce the "pheumoniae" in Mycoplasma pheumoniae?

Posted by In19944 (Member # 34272) on :

nem-own-ee-i, phonetically.. my doctor would would continually correct me.

Posted by 17hens (Member # 23747) on :

Thank you!!!

Posted by Dekrator48 (Member # 18239) on :

new-moan-ee-i

Posted by 17hens (Member # 23747) on :

new moan. i like that! thank you!

Posted by glm1111 (Member # 16556) on :

hens,

You don't look like an idiot at all! [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

She looks like the rest of us: GREEN!! [Big Grin]

Posted by 17hens (Member # 23747) on :

Well, I don't FEEL green anymore (maybe some asparagus stuck on my tooth)... but I will always have a green heart.

I am doing my best (& busy too) to make changes for the lyme community. I am a fighter and I am fighting for all of us!

Posted by glm1111 (Member # 16556) on :

THANKS for ALL your hard work hens in fighting for the Lyme community, it's needed and appreciated. [kiss]

Gael

Posted by Carol in PA (Member # 5338) on :

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is the organism that causes "walking pneumonia."

pneumonia = noo-MOW-nyuh

pneumoniae = noo-MOHN-ee-ay

If you're talking about having the condition, you can say pneumonia.
How many people walk around saying the Latin names for things...if they do, how many people know enough about it to understand what they're saying.