• The theory that living organisms can be produced only by the development of living germs. Cf. Biogenesis, Abiogenesis. • The theory which attributes contagious and infectious diseases, suppurative lesions, etc., to the agency of germs. The science of bacteriology was developed after this theory had been established.
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in medicine, the theory that certain diseases are caused by the invasion of the body by microorganisms, organisms too small to be seen except ... [2 related articles]
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The theory, now a doctrine, that infectious diseases are due to the presence and functional activity of microorganisms within the body. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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all organisms are developed from a cell. infectious diseases are of microbial origin.
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The theory that microorganisms are the cause of many diseases. Highly controversial when first propo
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Germ theory 1. (Biol.) The theory that living organisms can be produced only by the development of living germs. Confer
Biogenesis ,
Abiogenesis .
2. (Medicine) The theory which attributes contagious and infectious diseases, suppurative lesions, etc., to the agency of germs. The scie...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. the theory, now a doctrine, that infectious diseases are due to the presence and functional activity of microorganisms within the body.
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n] - the theory that all contagious diseases are caused by microorganisms
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noun (medicine) the theory that all contagious diseases are caused by microorganisms
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