microbiology en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)bʌɪˈɒlədʒi/
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Etymology
Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology English microbiology From micro- + biology.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.
Holonyms: biology, bioscience
Deriveds
geomicrobiology · cryomicrobiology · electromicrobiology · paleomicrobiology · soil microbiology · sociomicrobiology · xenomicrobiology · astromicrobiology · palaeomicrobiology
Holonyms
Hypernyms
Meronyms
bacteriology · mycology · parasitology · virology
Relateds
microbiologically · molecular biology · molecular biologist · parasite · microbe · microorganism · microbiological · mucus · microbiologist · mbio · virus · microbiologic · bacterium
Synonyms
Translations (56)
nl microbiologie (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · mi mātai koiora moroiti (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · mn бичил амин судлал (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · ro microbiologie (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · ta நுண்ணுயிரியல் (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · tr mikrobiyoloji (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · kn ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಜೀವ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · ast microbioloxía (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · da mikrobiologi (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · cs mikrobiologie (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · my အဏုဇီဝဗေဒ (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · lt mikrobiològija (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · nn mikrobiologi (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · et mikrobioloogia (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · lv mikrobioloģija (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · bn অণুজীব বিজ্ঞান (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · ru микробиоло́гия (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · gl microbioloxía (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · uz mikrobiologiya (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · th จุลชีววิทยา (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · nv chʼosh doo yitʼíinii naalkaah (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · io mikrobiologio (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · km អតិសុខុមជីវវិទ្យា (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · ko 미생물학 (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · mn ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠯ ᠠᠮᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · ja 微生物学 (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · fi mikrobiologia (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · cmn 微生物學 /微生物学 (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · kk микробиология (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · ky микробиология (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · ml സൂക്ഷ്മജീവശാസ്ത്രം (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · sq mikrobiologji (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · pl mikrobiologia (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · tl mikhaynayan (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · kl bakterianik ilinniut (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · cv микробиологи (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · hy մանրէաբանություն (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · sv mikrobiologi (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · fa میکروبیولوژی (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · ga micri-bhitheolaíocht (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · it microbiologia (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · pt microbiologia (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · ba микробиология (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · vi vi sinh vật học (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · ka მიკრობიოლოგია (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · sw mikrobiolojia (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · te సూక్ష్మజీవశాస్త్రము (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · de Mikrobiologie (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · hi सूक्ष्मजैविकी (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · fr microbiologie (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · es microbiología (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · ca microbiologia (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · eo mikrobiologio (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · si ක්ෂුද්රජීව විද්යාව (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · id mikrobiologi (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) · nb mikrobiologi (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)