microbe
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
microbe /ˈmʌɪkrəʊb/
▶noun a microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation.
– derivatives
microbial adjective,
microbic adjective.
microbial adjective,
microbic adjective.
– origin C19: from Fr., from Gk mikros ‘small’ + bios ‘life’.
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