Synonyms for microbe

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mahy-krohb

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmaɪ kroʊb

Définition of microbe

Origin : popular name for a bacterium, 1878, from French microbe, "badly coined ... by Sédillot" [Weekley] in 1878 from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + bios "life" (see bio-). It is an incorrect use of bios; in Greek the word would mean literally "short-lived."

noun bacteria

Example sentences :

It is then said that the virulence of the microbe is attenuated.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various

When we discover a microbe of that nature, we will be ready to act.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

It is caused by a microbe which has been recently discovered (Spirochæta pallida).
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

What is to determine whether you are on the side of the man or the microbe?
Extract from : « Is civilization a disease? » by Stanton Coit

Why do we respect the opinions of any man or any microbe that ever lived?
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

It usually occurs about a wound, and is due to infection by this microbe.
Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler

Then with the Christian Science microbe in the house, there's no telling what may happen to you.
Extract from : « Jewel » by Clara Louise Burnham

Kessler discovered the microbe required an intermediate host.
Extract from : « Bolden's Pets » by F. L. Wallace

But I played football all through my college course and the microbe is still there.
Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch

Mr. Rudd said she had caught the microbe, and that she was a woman who lived only by half-hours.
Extract from : « Overlooked » by Maurice Baring

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