bacteriologyn.
/bakˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /bækˌtɪriˈɑlədʒi/ The scientific study of bacteria.
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micrography1658
micrology1848
biostatics1849
electrobiology1849
biotechnics1852
human biology1860
phylogeny1872
developmental biology1877
psychobiology1879
microbiology1880
biokinetics1883
bacteriology1884
geratology1884
thremmatology1888
cell biology1889
biophysics1892
biomechanics1899
pathobiology1900
biometry1901
biometrics1902
metabiology1906
bioenergetics1907
radiobiology1919
biomedicine1922
photobiology1923
virology1935
sociobiology1946
space biology1955
prebiology1963
chronobiology1969
glycobiology1988
1884 Athenæum 30 Aug. 281/2 In Germany it has become a separate study under the name of bacteriology.
Derivatives
bacˌteriˈologist n. a student of bacteriology.
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germiculturist1888
bacteriologist1891
1891 G. S. Woodhead Bacteria & their Products 412 Another great stand~by of bacteriologists is fuchsin.
1898 J. McFarland Pathogenic Bacteria (ed. 2) 127 A very convenient simple apparatus used by bacteriologists.
bacˌteriˈoscopy n. microscopic investigation of bacteria.
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