microbe

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	micro-organism, microorganism,
definition	:	any organism of microscopic size (noun.animal)

derivation	:	germy,
definition	:	full of germs or pathological microorganisms (adj.all)

derivation	:	microbial, microbic,
definition	:	of or involving or caused by or being microbes (adj.pert)

derivation	:	germy,
definition	:	full of germs or pathological microorganisms (adj.all)

derivation	:	microbial, microbic,
definition	:	of or involving or caused by or being microbes (adj.pert)