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- 7 dictionary resultsmi⋅crobe
[mahy-krohb] 
kroʊb
–noun
| a microorganism, esp. a pathogenic bacterium. |
Related forms:
mi⋅crobe⋅less, adjective
mi⋅cro⋅bi⋅al, mi⋅cro⋅bic, mi⋅cro⋅bi⋅an, adjective
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| mi·crobe (mī'krōb') n. A minute life form; a microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease. Not in technical use. [French : Greek mīkro-, micro- + Greek bios, life; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.] mi·cro'bi·al (mī-krō'bē-əl), mi·cro'bic (-krō'bĭk) adj. |
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Microbe
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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Language Translation for : microbe
Spanish:
microbio,
German:
die Mikrobe,
Japanese:
微生物
microbe
popular name for a bacterium, 1881, from Fr. microbe, "badly coined (1878) by Sédillot" [Weekley] from Gk. mikros "small" + bios "life" (see bio-). Incorrect use of bios; in Gk. the word would mean lit. "short-lived."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: mi·crobe
Pronunciation: 'mI-"krOb
Function: noun
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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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microbe mi·crobe (mī'krōb')
n.
A microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease; a minute life form. No longer in technical use.
mi·cro'bi·al (mī-krō'bē-əl) adj.
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| microbe (mī'krōb') Pronunciation Key
A microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease. See Note at germ. |
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