microbiology
noun
mi·cro·bi·ol·o·gy
ˌmī-krō-bī-ˈä-lə-jē 
: a branch of biology dealing with microscopic forms of life
microbiological
adjective
or less commonly microbiologic
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Patrick Lin, Professor Of Philosophy, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
Megan Sykes, the Michael J. Friedlander Professor of Medicine, professor of microbiology and immunology, professor of surgical sciences, and director of the Columbia Center for Translational Immunology at Columbia University.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Agar is and has been a staple of microbiology labs for a century.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2024
Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
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microbiology
noun
mi·cro·bi·ol·o·gy
ˌmī-krō-bī-ˈäl-ə-jē
: a branch of biology concerned especially with microscopic forms of life (as bacteria, protozoans, and viruses)
Medical Definition
microbiology
noun
mi·cro·bi·ol·o·gy
ˌmī-krō-bī-ˈäl-ə-jē
plural microbiologies
: a branch of biology dealing especially with microorganisms (as bacteria and protozoans)
microbiological
adjective
also microbiologic
microbiological contamination
microbiological research
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