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   Mi·crobe

   /ˈmīkrōb/

   

   noun

   • 1. a microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation.

   Word Origin late 19th century: from French, from Greek mikros ‘small’ + bios ‘life’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. microbic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

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