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bac·te·ri·um
 bacterium
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- pronunciation:
- baek
ti
ri
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noun |
| inflections: |
bacteria |
| definition: |
any of a large group of one-celled microscopic organisms of various shapes that are often agents of fermentation and putrefaction and that may cause disease.
- similar words:
- microbe
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| related words: |
bug, germ |
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| derivations: |
bacterial (adj.), bacterially (adv.) |
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