Microorganism - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Microorganism :  (noun)

1: any organism of microscopic size

Based on WordNet 2.0

Microorganism : \Mi`cro*["o]r"gan*ism\, n. [Micro- _ organism.] (Biol.) Any microscopic form of life; -- particularly applied to bacteria and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to cause infectious diseases.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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