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Synonyms for microbe


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mahy-krohb
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmaɪ kroʊb



Définition of microbe

Origin :
  • popular name for a bacterium, 1878, from French microbe, "badly coined ... by Sédillot" [Weekley] in 1878 from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + bios "life" (see bio-). It is an incorrect use of bios; in Greek the word would mean literally "short-lived."
  • noun bacteria
Example sentences :
  • It is then said that the virulence of the microbe is attenuated.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
  • When we discover a microbe of that nature, we will be ready to act.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • It is caused by a microbe which has been recently discovered (Spirochæta pallida).
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • What is to determine whether you are on the side of the man or the microbe?
  • Extract from : « Is civilization a disease? » by Stanton Coit
  • Why do we respect the opinions of any man or any microbe that ever lived?
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • It usually occurs about a wound, and is due to infection by this microbe.
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
  • Then with the Christian Science microbe in the house, there's no telling what may happen to you.
  • Extract from : « Jewel » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • Kessler discovered the microbe required an intermediate host.
  • Extract from : « Bolden's Pets » by F. L. Wallace
  • But I played football all through my college course and the microbe is still there.
  • Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
  • Mr. Rudd said she had caught the microbe, and that she was a woman who lived only by half-hours.
  • Extract from : « Overlooked » by Maurice Baring

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