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mi·crobe  (mkrb)
n.
A minute life form; a microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease. Not in technical use.

[French : Greek mkro-, micro- + Greek bios, life; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]

mi·crobi·al (m-krb-l), mi·crobic (-krbk) adj.
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Adj.1.microbial - of or involving or caused by or being microbesmicrobial - of or involving or caused by or being microbes; "microbial warfare"
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microbial [maɪˈkrəʊbɪəl] ADJmicrobiano


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