microbismn.
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)bɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌbɪz(ə)m/ Medicine. Now rare.
The presence of microbes; infection with microbes.
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endemic syphilis1865
Oroya fever1873
verruga1873
Weil's disease1889
undulant fever1896
pasteurellosis1902
microbism1904
spirillosis1904
spirochaetosis1906
necrobacillosis1907
melioidosis1921
Reiter's disease1922
rickettsiosis1925
leptospirosis1926
Carrion's disease1927
treponematosis1927
bartonellosis1928
brucellosis1930
mycobacteriosis1938
listerellosis1939
listeriosis1941
shigellosis1944
Reiter's syndrome1947
Shigella dysentery1963
pigbel1966
mud fever1969
Lyme arthritis1976
toxic shock syndrome1978
legionellosis1979
TSS1980
1904 Lancet 18 June 1724/1 The various explanations of ‘return’ cases were considered, including..the possibility of a relapse of the original disease, of latent microbism, or of missed cases.
1963 Biol. Abstr. 41 553/2 (heading) Investigations on the role of staphylococci in cutaneous microbism.
1983 Ann. Vet. Res. 14 453/1 The microbism has to be considered as a component of the environment or more widely of the farm system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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