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bact

bact is the abbreviation of bacteria.

Meaning of bacteria

Noun (1)

bacteria (plural bacterias)

  1. (US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
    • Anaerobic bacteria function in the absence of oxygen, where as aerobic bacteria require sunlight and also oxygen. Both these bacterias are capable of breaking down the organic matter […]2002, A.C. Panchdhari, Water Supply and Sanitary Installations, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 177
  2. (derogatory, slang) Lowlife, slob (could be treated as plural or singular).

Noun (2)

bacteria (plural bacteriae)

  1. (dated) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.

Questions about bact

What is bact the abbreviation of?
Bact is the abbreviation of bacteria.

Words near bact in the dictionary

  1. Bacsil
  2. Bacsil North
  3. Bacsil South
  4. bacsilog
  5. Bacsonian
  6. bact
  7. bact.
  8. BACTA
  9. bactenecin
  10. bactenecins
  11. bacter-

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