Synonyms for microbes

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mahy-krohb

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmaɪ kroʊb

Définition of microbes

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 :

Won't your Professor give you a holiday from—is it microbes you study?
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

The knowledge we gain from you has enabled us to eliminate at least half of our microbes.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

They are microbes rather––microbes which even the physicians can not manage with satisfaction.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Yes, of course, just about as much as a man works through his microbes!
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

If all the germs and microbes have gone with them, the earth can stand the loss.
Extract from : « The Master-Knot of Human Fate » by Ellis Meredith

We've been able to speed up the life processes of the microbes about ten times.
Extract from : « Bolden's Pets » by F. L. Wallace

How much fewer the microbes that poison the blood of our poor people!
Extract from : « My Friends the Savages » by Giovanni Battista Cerruti

Time and microbes were with me, and all I had to do was wait.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Snark » by Jack London

Their air did not contain the bacilli and germs and microbes of disease that fill our own air.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Snark » by Jack London

I don't believe in germs and microbes and such silly things!
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by Francis Marion Crawford

Words or expressions associated with your search

Most wanted synonyms

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019