| 单词 | germ theory |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgerm theory germ theory n. the theory that infectious diseases are caused by microorganisms (cf. sense 4). ΚΠ 1863 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Dec. 598/2 The one simple experiment of inoculation for small-pox, and of the direct transmission of the disorder from one person to another by this method, is instant proof that the germ-theory is acceptable. 1925 Times 17 July 11/4 Gye has solved the riddle by showing that both views of cancer—the germ theory and the growth theory—are right. 2002 R. Porter Blood & Guts iv. 86 Pasteur by no means invented the ‘germ theory’—disease is caused by invasion of the body by microscopic living organisms: it had long been touted. < as lemmas |
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