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- [mahy-kroh-awr-guh-niz-uh m]
- /ˌmaɪ kroʊˈɔr gəˌnɪz əm/
- /ˌmaɪ.krəʊˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mahy-kroh-awr-guh-niz-uh m]
- /ˌmaɪ kroʊˈɔr gəˌnɪz əm/
Definitions of microorganism word
- noun microorganism any organism too small to be viewed by the unaided eye, as bacteria, protozoa, and some fungi and algae. 1
- noun microorganism A microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus. 1
- noun microorganism microscopic life form 1
- countable noun microorganism A microorganism is a very small living thing which you can only see if you use a microscope. 0
- noun microorganism any organism, such as a bacterium, protozoan, or virus, of microscopic size 0
- noun microorganism any microscopic or ultramicroscopic animal, plant, bacterium, virus, etc. 0
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Origin of microorganism
First appearance:
before 1875 One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80; micro- + organism
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Parts of speech for Microorganism
noun
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microorganism popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
microorganism usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for microorganism
noun microorganism
- microbe — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- virus — an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- parasite — an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- bug — A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
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