microorganism

Noun

Meaning

Any microscopic form of life; -- particularly applied to bacteria and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to cause infectious diseases.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

micro-organism bacillus disease unit plague parasite organization bacteria illness infection egg organism bacterial embryo bug
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Antonyms

mass world health whole bactericidal bonanza
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Hypernyms

being organism

Hyponyms

bacteria bug bacterium germ microbe monad

Phrases with the word

disease-producing microorganism microorganism protein disease-causing microorganism microorganism causing disease beneficial microorganism harmless microorganism

Examples

Only if some microorganism doesn't attack these tender hothouse plants and eat away at their roots, only if they don't rot! And that can happen with pineapples! Oh, yes, indeed it can! Mikhail Bulgakov

It is hard to explain the huge variety of diatoms - a microorganism that has 100,000 species - in terms of natural selection. John Tyler Bonner

I actually found contracting malaria in the Congo fascinating. Observing your body under attack from this microorganism and seeing how it responds is simultaneously fascinating and awful but maybe that's just because I'm a former biology teacher. Jeremy Wade

A monovalent vaccine is designed to immunize against a single antigen or single microorganism. Source: Internet

Etymology The term antibiotic was first used in 1942 by Selman Waksman and his collaborators in journal articles to describe any substance produced by a microorganism that is antagonistic to the growth of other microorganisms in high dilution. Source: Internet

Even if the microorganism does get into the eye, tears contain the enzyme lysozyme, which will kill most invading microorganisms. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

microoptode microorganelle microorganic microorganism causing disease microorganism protein microorganismal