MICROBIOLOGY

microbiology

(noun) the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

microbiology (uncountable)

(biology) The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.

Meronyms

• See also microbiology

Source: Wiktionary


Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gy, n. [See Microbe; -logy.]

Definition: The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria. -- Mi`cro*bi`o*log"ic*al (#), a. -- Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gist (#), n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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