microbe
Meaning of microbe
noun
a microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation.
late 19th century: from French, from Greek mikros ‘small’ + bios ‘life’.
Information about microbe
- It is a name.
- The plural form of microbe is: microbes.
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Hyphenation of microbe
mi-crobe
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- microbe is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
microbe synonyms
Meaning bug:
Meaning a microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus:
Meaning a rod-shaped bacterium:
Meaning a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease:
Meaning an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host:
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Words that rhyme with microbe
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