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microbe Biol.|ˈmaɪkrəʊb|
[a. F. microbe (Sédillot 7 March 1878, in Comptes rendus Acad. Sci. LXXXVI. 634), f. Gr. µῑκρό-ς small + βίος life.
The Gr. βίος is here, as in mod. scientific formations generally, used in an incorrect sense: see bio-. The sense of Gr. *µῑκροβιος would be ‘short lived’.]
An extremely minute living being, whether plant or animal; chiefly applied to the bacteria concerned in causing diseases and fermentation. Also fig.
1881Times 1 Feb. 5/6 A small organism, or microbe, which..he finds good reason to regard as the agent of the malady. 1890in J. R. Ware Passing Eng. (1900) 175/2 The abdication by the Radical party of its proper functions has an unfortunate tendency to foster..the microbe of sectionalism. 1893Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 May 1084 Ice..has been found to contain dangerous microbes. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 546 The meningitis may be produced by a growth of microbes. |