Microbe

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(Biol.) A microscopic organism; a microorganism; - particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera.

Noun

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microbe - a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use Synonyms: germ, bug

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