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| Main Entry: |
microbe
 [mahy-krohb] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bacteria |
| Synonyms: | bacillus, bacterium, bug*, crud, germ, microorganism, pathogen, plague, virus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | bug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bacterium, microorganism |
| Synonyms: | bacillus, disease, germ, infection, microbe, virus |
| Notes: | a bug is a particular kind of insect, specifically belonging to the order Hemiptera (tough leathery forewings attached to the body - like ladybugs, beetles) while insects generally belong to the class Insecta, which have bodies in three segments, usually two pairs or wings and three pairs of legs (like bees, mosquitoes); spiders are not technically insects because they have four pairs of legs insect (from Latin animal insectum) literally meant 'divided animal' or 'cut up or into' from the segments of its body (head, thorax, abdomen) - the common word being 'bug'; insect is any of an extremely large group of small invertebrate animals - and most undergo metamorphosis while bug denotes a special group of insects with beaklike sucking mouth parts and partly membranous forewings |
| Main Entry: | germ |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | microscopic organism, often causing illness |
| Synonyms: | antibody, bacterium, bug*, disease, microbe, microorganism, parasite, pathogen, plague, virus, what's going around |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- Thus once the arms race has been won, using the same old antibiotics is useless against a microbe which has evolved resistance.
- The microbe in question may indeed change, but it is still the same organism.
- Knowing his microbe produced surfactant, he pitched the chemical to companies making shampoo and body wash.
| Main Entry: | microorganism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | germ |
| Synonyms: | bacterium, bug*, disease, disease-causing agent, microbe, parasite, pathogen, plague, virus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | virus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bacterium, bug |
| Synonyms: | ailment, bacillus, disease, germ, illness, infection, microbe, microorganism, pathogen, sickness |
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