microorganismnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌmaɪ.krəʊˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/us/ˌmaɪ.kroʊˈɔːr.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/a living thing that on its own is too small to be seen without a microscope
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bacteria, moulds, germs & viruses
- adenovirus
- amoeba
- antimicrobial
- bacteriology
- bacteriophage
- C. difficile
- E. coli
- fungal
- fungoid
- fungus
- HIV-positive
- listeria
- microbe
- mould
- organism
- probiotic
- shitake mushroom
- taenia
- West Nile virus
- yeast
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Examples from literature
- Inside each tubeworm, there is a colony of these microorganisms.
- Many microorganisms live inside a tubeworm.
- Microorganisms near the vents take in the chemicals and change them to energy.
- The scientist was doing research on microorganisms.
- The tubeworms use the energy produced by the microorganisms as food.
- There are many questions about how the microorganisms got so high above the Earth, but one thing is certain: Life can make its home almost anywhere.
- When they studied the air, they found microorganisms living there, including three new kinds, or species, never seen before.