microbe
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kroʊb noun
a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
Related forms
mi·crobe·less, adjective
mi·cro·bi·al, mi·cro·bic, mi·cro·bi·an, adjective
non·mi·cro·bic, adjective
un·mi·cro·bi·al, adjective
un·mi·cro·bic, adjective
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microbe (ˈmaɪkrəʊb) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| any microscopic organism, esp a disease-causing bacterium | |
| [C19: from French, from | |
| mi'crobial | |
| —adj | |
| mi'crobic | |
| —adj | |
| mi'crobian | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
microbe
popular name for a bacterium, 1868, from Fr. microbe, "badly coined ... by Sédillot" [Weekley] from Gk. mikros "small" + bios "life" (see bio-). Incorrect use of bios; in Gk. the word would mean lit. "short-lived."
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Medical Dictionary
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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Science Dictionary
| microbe (mī'krōb') Pronunciation Key
A microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease. See Note at germ. |
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Example sentences
In the case of bacteria, the polymer seems to work by gouging holes in a microbe's cell wall and spilling out its contents.
By setting one microbe against another in this way, they began the antibiotic revolution.
In this way they can identify both the food source of an outbreak and the contaminating microbe.
Some researchers are trying to build the ultimate microbe in the lab, one that could combine the two key steps of the process.
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