Microorganism

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(Biol.) Any microscopic form of life; a form of life too small to be seen by the naked eye; - particularly applied to bacteria, protozoa, yeasts, and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to cause infectious diseases.

Noun

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microorganism - any organism of microscopic size

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