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mi·cro·or·gan·ism 
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| any organism too small to be viewed by the unaided eye, as bacteria, protozoa, and some fungi and algae. |
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mi·cro·or·gan·ic
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Audio Help [mahy-kroh-awr-gan-ik] Pronunciation Key, mi·cro·or·gan·is·mal, adjective | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Microorganism
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| mi·cro·or·gan·ism
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n. An organism of microscopic or submicroscopic size, especially a bacterium or protozoan. |
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microorganism
1880, coined in Eng. from micro- + organism.
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| microorganism | |
noun | |
| any organism of microscopic size |
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| microorganism
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An organism that can be seen only with the aid of a microscope and that typically consists of only a single cell. Microorganisms include bacteria, protozoans, and certain algae and fungi. See Note at germ. |
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microorganism mi·cro·or·gan·ism (mī'krō-ôr'gə-nĭz'əm)
n.
An organism of microscopic or submicroscopic size, especially a bacterium or protozoan.
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Main Entry: mi·cro·or·gan·ism
Pronunciation: -'or-g&-"niz-&m
Function: noun
: an organism of microscopic orultramicroscopic size
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Microorganism
Mi`cro*["o]r"gan*ism\, n. [Micro- + organism.] (Biol.) Any microscopic form of life; -- particularly applied to bacteria and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to cause infectious diseases.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
microorganism
microorganism: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
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