Definition of Bacterias

1. Noun. (American English) (plural of bacteria) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bacterias

1. bacteria [n] - See also: bacteria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacterias

bacterial toxin
bacterial toxins
bacterial transformation
bacterial translocation
bacterial transposition
bacterial typing techniques
bacterial vaccines
bacterial vegetations
bacterial virus
bacterial wilt disease
bacterialization
bacterializations
bacterially
bacterials
bacterias
bacteric
bactericholia
bactericidal
bactericidally
bactericide
bactericides
bactericidin
bactericidins
bacterid
bacteriemia
bacterin
bacterins
bacterio-
bacterioagglutinin

Literary usage of Bacterias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1845)
"On the Production of Vibrios and Bacterias in Inflammation of the Bronchi, fyc. By M. POUCHET. (Journ. de Mid. et Chir. Prat., Dec. 1864. ..."

2. The United States Service Magazine (1864)
"... that the Bacterias cannot exist without oxygen (the atmosphere) and the Vibrios cannot exist with it; that in some cases, where a pellicle is formed by ..."

3. Don Basilio: A Practical Guide to Spanish Conversation & Correspondence by J. Schilling (1907)
"... que son bacterias que andan por el aire y que atacan nuestro interior; luego pretenden que son bacterias ó microbios'8 que habitan las aguas corrompidas ..."

4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1987 In this use a plural bacterias is sometimes found: -. more resistant to chlorine and elevated water temperatures than other bacterias —Allan ..."

5. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1871)
"... germs which had proceeded from parent Vibrios and Bacterias, but too minute for optical appreciation, and that their generation was therefore normal. ..."

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