microbic

Example Sentences

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Spread upon the surface of the earth, these become harmless through microbic activity.

From Time Magazine Archive

It does not ignore the microbic theory of disease, grants some value to surgery, but believes the main cause of disease to lie in maladjustment.

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But the yeasts are only one group of the microbic multitude able to perform specific jobs.

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He gave the deathblow to the theory of spontaneous generation of disease by the first clear statement of the modern microbic theory.

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The antiseptic qualities of the smoke and of the entire plant also lend the smoker a defensive argument, as he may uphold the habit as hygienic and highly useful in preventing microbic infection.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers