Definition of Microbiology

1. Noun. The branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans.

Examples of category: Bacteria, Bacterium, Colony, Prion, Virino, Exacting, Fastidious, Unfastidious
Generic synonyms: Biological Science, Biology
Derivative terms: Microbiologist

Definition of Microbiology

1. n. The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria.

Definition of Microbiology

1. Noun. (biology) The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Microbiology

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Medical Definition of Microbiology

1. The study of organisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye, such as bacteria, viruses and yeasts. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Microbiology

microbicidal
microbicide
microbicides
microbid
microbiochemical
microbiochemist
microbiochemists
microbiologic
microbiologic phenomena
microbiological
microbiological techniques
microbiologically
microbiologies
microbiologist
microbiologists
microbiology
microbiome
microbiomes
microbion
microbiostatic
microbiota
microbiotas
microbiotic
microbism
microblade
microblast
microbleed
microbleeds
microblepharia
microblepharism

Literary usage of Microbiology

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Bradshaw: LABORATORY Microbiology Designed for the college laboratory course in microbiology—€0 experiments on cytology, nutrition, metabolism, ..."

2. Pathogenic Microörganisms: A Practical Manual for Students, Physicians, and by William Hallock Park, Anna Wessels Williams, Charles Krumwiede (1917)
"PART I. PRINCIPLES OF Microbiology.1 CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY HISTORICAL SKETCH. ALTHOUGH most of the more important discoveries in microbiology which place ..."

3. Contemporary France by Gabriel Hanotaux (1905)
"... History—Anthropology and Paleontology—The Problem of Life— Pasteur—Microbiology—Cosmic Forces—Darwinism—Evolution—Medicine and Hygiene. of Art f\, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"David, Department of Microbiology. College of Medicine. ... Inst for Medical Microbiology. Univ of Mainz. Hochhaus Augustusplatz. 6500 Mainz. ..."

5. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1916)
"... general microbiology. It is the outgrowth of experience in teaching this subject in the Michigan Agricultural College and in its preparation a number of ..."

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