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microbion

microbion noun: a microbe.

Noun

microbion (plural microbions)

  1. (archaic) A microbe.
    • I am very well aware that lately mention has been made of particular microbions.1879 June, The Chicago Medical Journal and Examine, volume 38, page 624
    • M. Pasteur was announced as prepared not only to expound his previously published investigations concerning the modification and protective inoculation of disease-poisons, but to disclose new examples of modification of such points by the oxygen of the air, and to prove that we have really reached...1883 January 18, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, page 64

Forms of microbion

pluralmicrobions

Origin of microbion

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + βίος (bíos, “life”).

Questions about microbion

What does microbion mean?
Microbion means a microbe.
What part of speech is microbion?
Microbion is a noun.
What is the plural of microbion?
The plural of microbion is microbions.

Words near microbion in the dictionary

  1. microbiome
  2. microbiomes
  3. microbiomial
  4. microbiomic
  5. microbiomics
  6. microbion
  7. microbions
  8. microbiont
  9. microbionts
  10. microbiophobia
  11. microbiopsies

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