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ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- microbial (adj.)
- 1879, from Mod.L. microbion (see microbe) + -al (1).
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- microbe (n.)
- popular name for a bacterium, 1878, from Fr. microbe, "badly coined ... by Sédillot" [Weekley] in 1878 from Gk. mikros "small" (see mica) + bios "life" (see bio-). It is an incorrect use of bios; in Greek the word would mean lit. "short-lived."
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