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Meanings of microbe in English

Portuguese
micróbio
Catalan
microbi

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

micróbio
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Examples for "bug"
Examples for "bug"
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In the world of open source software, bug reports are useful information.
In the beginning ...was the command line
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Little is known about the second bug used to gain root access.
Reuters
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The bug has claimed a couple of victims recently, including one editor.
The Guardian
4
But for some, bug hunting can actually bring in a good wage.
Wired
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Why would Darpa care about changes in this particular bug, you ask?
Wired
1
The germ is found in the sputum and in the nasal secretions.
The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 4 (of 4) / A Personal Guide to the ...
2
For the expropriation of dwellings contains in germ the whole social revolution.
The Conquest of Bread
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They are inherent in human nature; the germ is in every man.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
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This is a report on 5 cases of mediastinal germ cell tumours.
Pubmed
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The testis' function is to produce haploid germ cells necessary for reproduction.
Pubmed
Usage of microbe in English
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Enough scientific equipment on board to sample every microbe in the sea.
Wired
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However, elderly and younger populations do show differences in gut microbe composition.
Pubmed
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Cell walls are involved, to a great extent, in mediating plant-microbe interactions.
Pubmed
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Metabolic profiles can provide functional information on host-microbe interactions in the lungs.
Pubmed
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The opponents of the microbe theory must be having a good laugh-
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 2
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Washerwomen, bankers, teamsters-everyclass was bitten by the microbe of hysterical investment.
Port O' Gold / A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
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If there's anything in these microbe fairy stories we'll all die early.
A Hoosier Chronicle
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I think the microbe of Dick's impulsiveness must have got into me.
Jewel Weed
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High resistance of the blood supplied transplants to microbe aggression was noted.
Pubmed
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A walking microbe; an example of atavism; a throw-back to the tail period.
No Man's Land
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However, rate-based descriptions can fail to describe properly long-term microbe-virus interactions.
Pubmed
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Host-microbe interactions play a crucial role in human health and disease.
Pubmed
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Currently, microbe-derived products are being developed as potential therapies for allergy and asthma.
Pubmed
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The association of microbe and plant often produces a novel beauty.
The new yorker
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The exact source of the microbe in Germany remains a mystery.
The Irish Times
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The microbe is a particular scourge of hospitals and nursing homes.
Reuters
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Translations for microbe
Portuguese
micróbio
Microbe through the time
Microbe across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common