Associations to the word «Microbe»

Wiktionary

MICROBE, noun. (microbiology) Any microorganism, but specially said of those microorganisms which are harmful types of bacteria.

Dictionary definition

MICROBE, noun. A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.