zo·o·gloe·a also zo·o·gle·a 
(zō′ə-glēə)
(zō′ə-glēə)n. pl. zo·o·gloe·ae (-glēē′) or zo·o·gloe·as also zo·o·gle·ae (-glēē′) or zo·o·gle·as
1. Any of various highly motile, aerobic bacteria of the genus Zoogloea found especially in wastewater, where the cells aggregate into flocculent, gelatinous masses.
2. A mass of such bacteria or other bacteria.
[ZOO- + New Latin gloea, gum (from Medieval Greek gloia, glia, gum, glue, from Greek gloios).]
zo′o·gloeal adj.
- Indo-European root: wesr̥
- Indo-European root: wet-
- Indo-European root: wet-
- Indo-European root: wi-
- Indo-European root: wl̥kwo-
- Indo-European root: wl̥p-ē-
- Indo-European root: wrād-
- Indo-European root: wē-
- Indo-European root: wē-r-
- Indo-European root: wērə-o-
- Indo-European root: wīkm̥tī-
- Indo-European root: wī-ro-
- Indo-European root: wō̆s
- Indo-European root: yeg-
- Indo-European root: yek-
- Indo-European root: yes-
- Indo-European root: yeu-
- Indo-European root: yeug-
- Indo-European root: yewes-
- Indo-European root: yewo-
- Indo-European root: yu-
- Indo-European root: yē-
- Indo-European root: yēr-
- Indo-European root: yē̆kwr̥
- Indo-European root: āter-