microbe — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. Any microorganism; (loosely, nonscientifically) especially, a harmful bacterium.

   Parole correlate

   microorganism

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   We humans and other complex animals are full of microbes, gajillions of them. People have so many that microbe cells living in our bodies outnumber our own vastly.

   Yes, there are microbes everywhere and most are just fine for us, perhaps even beneficial to our microbiomes and immune systems. We don’t care about those.

Sostantivo

1. a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

   Sinonimi

   buggerm

   Termini più generali

   microorganismmicro-organism