microbial
/maɪˈkɹəʊ.bi.əl/US/maɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl/
microbial adjective: of, relating to, or caused by microbes or microorganisms.
Adjective
microbial (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or caused by microbes or microorganisms.
- The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology.1991, Lynn Margulis, René Fester, Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation
- Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2013
- Small; tiny; minuscule.
- As I say, one must not blame the Christians too much for all this - partly because, after the communal periods which I have just mentioned, Christianity was evidently deeply influenced by the rise of Commercialism to which during the last two centuries it has so carefully and piously adapted...1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 191
Noun
microbial (plural microbials)
microbial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
microbial in Hindi
- माइक्रोबियल, माइक्रोबायल
microbial in Tamil
- நுண்ணுயிரிகளால் விளைவும், நுண்ணுயிர்களின்
microbial in Marathi
- मायक्रोबिअल
microbial in Urdu
- مائکروبیل, مائیکروبیل, مائکروبیئل
More languagesFewer languages
- microbial in Bengali
- মাইক্রোবিয়াল, মাইক্রোবায়াল
- microbial in Telugu
- మైక్రోబియల్
- microbial in Malayalam
- മൈക്രോബിയൽ
- microbial in Punjabi
- ਮਾਈਕਰੋਬੀਅਲ, ਮਾਈਕਰੋਬਾਇਅਲ, ਮਾਈਕਰੋਬਿਅਲ
- microbial in Gujarati
- માઇક્રોબાયલ, માઇક્રોબિયલ
- microbial in Odia
- ମାଇକ୍ରୋବିଆଲ୍, ମାଇକ୍ରୋବାଯ଼ାଲ୍, ମାଇକ୍ରୋବାଯ଼ାଲ
- microbial in Nepali
- माइक्रोबियल, माइक्रोबायल
Forms of microbial
| plural | microbials |
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Origin of microbial
From microbe + -ial.
Words formed from microbial
- amicrobial
- antimicrobial
- electromicrobial
- endomicrobial
- geomicrobial
- immunomicrobial
- intermicrobial
- microbial clock
- microbial fuel cell
- microbialite
- microbially
- monomicrobial
- multimicrobial
- nonmicrobial
- paucimicrobial
- perimicrobial
- polymicrobial
- promicrobial
- pseudomicrobial
- rhizomicrobial
- sociomicrobial
Phrases with microbial
Questions about microbial
- What does microbial mean?
- Microbial means of, relating to, or caused by microbes or microorganisms.
- What is microbial in Hindi?
- Microbial in Hindi is माइक्रोबियल, माइक्रोबायल. See Microbial meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is microbial?
- Microbial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce microbial?
- Microbial is pronounced /maɪˈkɹəʊ.bi.əl/ (UK).
Words near microbial in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: microbial (page history and authors); microbial (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); microbial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); microbial (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); microbial (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); microbial (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); microbial (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); microbial (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); microbial (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); microbial (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); microbial (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); microbial (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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