Meaning of MICROBE
| Pronunciation: | | 'mIkrowb
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| | Definition: | | [n] a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use |
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| | Synonyms: | | bug, germ |
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| | See Also: | | microorganism | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mi"crobe\, Microbion \Mi*cro"bi*on\, n. [NL. microbion,
fr. Gr. ? little + ? life.] (Biol.)
A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to bacteria
and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl
cholera.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A living organism too small to be seen with the naked eye; includes bacteria, fungi, protozoans, and microscopic algae; also includes viruses. |
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| | Definition: | | A microorganism. |
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| | Related Terms: | | adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, aerobic organism, amoeba, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, anaerobic organism, autotrophic organism, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, being, bug, coccus, creature, crumb, disease-producing microorganism, dot, drop, droplet, echovirus, enterovirus, filterable virus, fleck, flyspeck, fungus, genetic individual, germ, gnat, grain, gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, heterotrophic organism, individual, iota, jot, living being, living thing, midge, minim, minutia, minutiae, mite, mold, morphological individual, mote, nonfilterable virus, ont, organic being, organism, organization, particle, pathogen, physiological individual, picornavirus, pinhead, pinpoint, point, protozoa, protozoon, reovirus, rhinovirus, rickettsia, scrap, snip, snippet, speck, spirillum, spirochete, spore, staphylococcus, streptococcus, tittle, trypanosome, vanishing point, vibrio, virus, zooid, zoon |
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