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(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:10:30

Mi"crobe (?), Mi*cro"bi*on (?), n. [NL. microbion, fr. Gr. little + life.] Biol.

A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera.

 

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