n.
A minute life form; a microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease. Not in technical use.
[French : Greek mīkro-, micro- + Greek bios, life.]
microbial mi·cro'bi·al (mī-krō'bē-əl) or mi·cro'bic (-krō'bĭk) adj.
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