Dictionary entry

Microbiology

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mi′cro‐bi‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [See Microbe; -logy.] The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria. — Mi′cro‐bi′o‐log″ic‐al (#), a. — Mi′cro‐bi‐ol″o‐gist (#), n.