MEDICAL DICTIONARY
Microbe: A very tiny form of life -- microbes include bacteria, fungi, and protozoan parasites -- best visualized under a microscope.
The Microbe is so very small
You cannot make him out at all,
But many sanguine people hope
To see him through a microscope.
(From "The Microbe" by Hilaire Belloc, 1900)
The word "microbe" did not enter English usage until 1881. It was put together from Greek roots "mikros," small + "bios," life = small (form of) life.
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