Microbe definitions

Microbe

1) Also microorganism 2) Bacterium 3) Disease cause 4) French word used in English 5) Germ 6) Microorganism 7) Minuscule life form 8) Minute life form 9) Pathogenic bacterium 10) Tiny organism 11) Tiny source of disease 12) Very minute organism
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Microbe

1) Bug 2) Germ
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Microbe

• (n.) Alt. of Microbion
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microbe

A unicellular organism so small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope. The term microbe is synonymous with microorganism. Terrestrial microbes fall into the major categories of bacteria, archaea, and viruses. To a far greater extent than complex, multicellular organisms, they are c...
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Microbe

also microorganism; an organism of microscopic size.
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Microbe

A microorganism.
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microbe

A microorganism that can cause disease. Bacteria, molds and yeast that can grow on various food and equipment surfaces; the main cause of discoloration in meat and food poisoning.
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microbe

<microbiology> A microscopic living organism, such as a bacteria, fungus, protozoa or virus. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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microbe

(mi´krōb) microorganism. sometimes restricted to microorganisms that cause disease. adj., micro´bial, micro´bic., adj.
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Microbe

Used interchangeably with 'microorganism'. (See microorganism)
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microbe

Microorganism; any organism that can be seen only with the aid of a microscope.
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Microbe

Mi'crobe Mi*cro'bi*on noun [ New Latin microbion , from Greek ... 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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microbe

Type: Term Pronunciation: mī′krōb Definitions: 1. Any minute organism. As originated, the word was intended as a collective term for the large variety of microorganisms then known in the 19th century; modern usage has retained the original collective meaning but expanded it to include both microscopic and ultramicroscopic organisms ...
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Microbe

Microbe: A very tiny form of life -- microbes include bacteria, fungi, and protozoan parasites -- best visualized under a microscope. The Microbe is so very small You cannot make him out at all, But many sanguine people hope To see him through a microscope. (From 'The Microbe' by Hilaire Belloc, 1900) The word 'microbe' did not enter English usage ...
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microbe

(Gk: mikros small; bios life) a minute living being, a micro-organism.
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microbe

Any minute living organism, particularly one capable of causing disease; viruses, because they are not living organisms, technically are not considered "microbes," but are more correctly referred to by a term such as "infectious agent."
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