microorganism
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See also: microörganism and micro-organism
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈɔː.ɡəˌnɪz.m̩/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊˈɔɹ.ɡəˌnɪz.m̩/
Audio (UK): (file)
Noun
[edit]microorganism (plural microorganisms)
- (microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye; especially, a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.
- Synonym: microbe
- The cud is then reswallowed and further digested by specialized microorganisms that live in the rumen.
Usage notes
[edit]- Whether viruses are alive, and thus whether they are microorganisms (microbes), is a matter of variable ontology; the semantic field of the word microorganism is often taken to include viruses in casual or broad terms, but not always in precise terms.
- GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.[1] However, microorganism is several times more common than micro-organism in print[2] and most dictionaries only have the spelling microorganism.
Translations
[edit]an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
- ^ (microorganism*0.2),micro-organism at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
Further reading
[edit]- “microorganism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “microorganism”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “microorganism”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French microorganisme.
Noun
[edit]microorganism n (plural microorganisme)
Declension
[edit]Declension of microorganism
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) microorganism | microorganismul | (niște) microorganisme | microorganismele |
genitive/dative | (unui) microorganism | microorganismului | (unor) microorganisme | microorganismelor |
vocative | microorganismule | microorganismelor |
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