microbiology
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1. the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans (noun.cognition)
domain member category | : | bacteria, bacterium, |
definition | : | (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants (noun.animal) |
domain member category | : | colony, |
definition | : | (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell (noun.group) |
domain member category | : | prion, |
definition | : | (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system (noun.object) |
domain member category | : | virino, |
definition | : | (microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins (noun.object) |
domain member category | : | exacting, fastidious, |
definition | : | having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures (adj.all) |
domain member category | : | unfastidious, |
definition | : | not exacting in nutritional requirements (adj.all) |
derivation | : | microbiologist, |
definition | : | a specialist in microbiology (noun.person) |
derivation | : | microbiologist, |
definition | : | a specialist in microbiology (noun.person) |
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