microbiology

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mi=cro=bi=ol=o=gy

CIDE DICTIONARY

microbiology, n. [See Microbe; -logy.].

 The branch of biology studying minute organisms, or microbes, such as the bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

microbiology, n. the scientific study of micro-organisms, e.g. bacteria, viruses, and fungi.

Derivative

microbiological adj. microbiologically adv. microbiologist n.

THESAURUS

microbiology

aerobiology, agrobiology, anatomy, astrobiology, bacteriology, biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy, bioecology, biological science, biology, biometrics, biometry, bionics, bionomics, biophysics, botany, cell physiology, cryobiology, cybernetics, cytology, ecology, electrobiology, embryology, enzymology, ethnobiology, exobiology, genetics, gnotobiotics, life science, molecular biology, pharmacology, physiology, radiobiology, taxonomy, virology, xenobiology, zoology

ROGET THESAURUS

microbiology

Organization

N organization, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature, living beings, organic remains, fossils, protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein, albumen, structure, organization, organism, biology, natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, naturalist, archegenesis, antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph, ecology, oecology, erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination, isogamy, oogamy, karyaster, macrogamete, microgamete, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote, Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism, morphology, taxonomy, organic, organized, karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.