microbe

Noun

Meaning

Alt. of Microbion

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bug germ bacillus midge disease fish plague parasite crustacean gnat crud bacteria illness infection egg

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Antonyms

health treatment bactericidal drug medicine cure

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Hypernyms

microorganism micro-organism

Phrases with the word

microbe eater microbe slayer microbe hunter microbe remover infectious microbe

Anagrams

Crombie

Examples

The Microbe is so very small You cannot make him out at all, But many sanguine people hope To see him through a microscope. Hilaire Belloc

All the suns labor to kindle your flame and a microbe puts it out. Antonio Porchia

The microbe is nothing. The terrain is everything. Louis Pasteur

The microbe is so very small: You cannot take him out at all. Hilaire Belloc

The nature of a protective immune response to HIV is still unclear. Because in a very, very unique manner, unlike virtually any other microbe with which we're familiar, the HIV virus has evolved in a way that the immune system finds it very difficult, if not impossible, to deal with the virus. Anthony Fauci

They might break our bodies (a microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds. C. S. Lewis

Close letter words and terms

microbasic microbat microbatch microbe eater microbe hunter microbe remover