History
History
Synonyms
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Meaning:
bacillus

a kind of long bacteria, one of which causes disease

bacteria

cell

a small room for one person (especially in a prison or a monastery)

smallest living organism

ferment

to be in a state of (social or political or personal) excitement or trouble; (to cause a substance) to change chemically through the action of organic bodies (especially yeast) that change glucose into alcohol, e.g. in beer, wine

substance causing chemicals to split into simpler substances

germ

a very small organism (in the air, food etc) that can cause disease

microscopic organism, often causing illness

microbe

any very small creature, especially one causing disease

bacteria

BACTERIUM as in Wiktionary
BACTERIUM as in Wikipedia