microbe
[mahy-krohb]
Origin of microbe
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microorganism, germ, virus, bug, bacterium, bacillus, pathogen, crud, plagueExamples from the Web for microbe
Contemporary Examples of microbe
"We don't see the microbe themselves but we large scale structures that the microbes constructed before they died," he said.
My failure to see a microbe is a statement about the precision of my instrument, not about whether there is a microbe on the leaf.
Historical Examples of microbe
It is then said that the virulence of the microbe is attenuated.
When we discover a microbe of that nature, we will be ready to act.
It is caused by a microbe which has been recently discovered (Spirochæta pallida).
The Sexual QuestionAugust Forel
What is to determine whether you are on the side of the man or the microbe?
Is civilization a disease?Stanton Coit
Why do we respect the opinions of any man or any microbe that ever lived?
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
microbe
Word Origin for microbe
C19: from French, from micro- + Greek bios life
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