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Word entry · 7 letters

microbe

Best crossword clue

"Tiny organism"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈmaɪkɹəʊb/Part of speech nounSorted bceimorStarts with MEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

Word origin

Borrowed from French microbe, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) and βίος (bíos, “life”). By surface analysis, micro- + -obe.

Used in a sentence

  • We humans and other complex animals are full of microbes, gajillions of them. People have so many that microbe cells living in our bodies outnumber our own vastly.
  • Yes, there are microbes everywhere and most are just fine for us, perhaps even beneficial to our microbiomes and immune systems. We don’t care about those.

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