Any microscopic form of life; -- particularly applied to bacteria and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to cause infectious diseases.
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See Bacterium.
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A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic in…
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A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
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That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism app…
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Alt. of Microbion
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An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
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Of or pertaining to the Monera.
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One of the Monera.
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A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
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One of the Protista.
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Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons.
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of Be
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Organic structure; organization.
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