English Explanatory Dictionary

microbial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or caused by microbes or microorganisms.
  2. Small; tiny; minuscule.
noun
  1. A microbe or bacterium.

Pronunciation

/maɪˈkɹəʊ.bi.əl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-microbial.wav /maɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl/ [mʌɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl] /mɑɪˈkɹəʉ.bi.əl/ /mɑɪˈkɹɐʉ.bi.əl/ /maɪˈkɹɐʉ.bi.əl/

Word forms

microbial microbials

Etymology

From microbe + -ial.

Derived words

amicrobial antimicrobial electromicrobial endomicrobial geomicrobial immunomicrobial intermicrobial microbial clock microbial fuel cell microbialite microbially monomicrobial multimicrobial nonmicrobial paucimicrobial perimicrobial polymicrobial promicrobial pseudomicrobial rhizomicrobial sociomicrobial
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