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bacteriology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈɒləd͡ʒi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactērium Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English bacterio- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English bacteriology From bacterio- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bakteriologji — scientific study of bacteria
  • Armenian: մանրէաբանություն (manrēabanutʻyun) — scientific study of bacteria
  • Asturian: bacterioloxía — scientific study of bacteria
  • Belarusian: бактэрыяло́гія (bakteryjalóhija) — scientific study of bacteria
  • Catalan: bacteriologia — scientific study of bacteria
  • Chinese Mandarin: 細菌學 /细菌学 (xìjùnxué) — scientific study of bacteria
  • Czech: bakteriologie — scientific study of bacteria
  • Danish: bakteriologi — scientific study of bacteria
  • Dutch: bacteriologie — scientific study of bacteria
  • Esperanto: bakteriologio — scientific study of bacteria
  • Finnish: bakteriologia — scientific study of bacteria
  • French: bactériologie — scientific study of bacteria
  • Galician: bacterioloxía — scientific study of bacteria
  • Georgian: ბაქტერიოლოგია (bakṭeriologia) — scientific study of bacteria
  • German: Bakteriologie — scientific study of bacteria
  • German: Bakterienkunde — scientific study of bacteria
  • Greek: βακτηριολογία (vaktiriología) — scientific study of bacteria
  • Hebrew: בקטריולוגיה (bacteriológya) — scientific study of bacteria
  • Hungarian: bakteriológia — scientific study of bacteria
  • Indonesian: bakteriologi — scientific study of bacteria
  • Irish: baictéareolaíocht — scientific study of bacteria
  • Italian: batteriologia — scientific study of bacteria
  • Japanese: 細菌学 (saikingaku) — scientific study of bacteria
  • Khmer: អាវេត្រាណូវិទ្យា (ʔaaveitraanoovityie) — scientific study of bacteria
  • Northern Kurdish: bakterîzanî — scientific study of bacteria
  • Northern Kurdish: bakterîlojî — scientific study of bacteria
  • Latin: bactēriologia — scientific study of bacteria
  • Latvian: bakterioloģija — scientific study of bacteria
  • Lithuanian: bakteriològija — scientific study of bacteria
  • Malay: bakteriologi — scientific study of bacteria
  • Malay: kaji kuman — scientific study of bacteria
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bakteriologi — scientific study of bacteria
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bakteriologi — scientific study of bacteria
  • Persian: باکتریولوژی (bâkteriyoloži) — scientific study of bacteria
  • Persian: باکتریشناسی (bākterīšenāsī) — scientific study of bacteria
  • Polish: bakteriologia — scientific study of bacteria
  • Portuguese: bacteriologia — scientific study of bacteria
  • Romanian: bacteriologie — scientific study of bacteria
  • Russian: бактериоло́гия (bakteriológija) — scientific study of bacteria
  • Serbo-Croatian: bakteriologija — scientific study of bacteria
  • Slovak: bakteriológia — scientific study of bacteria
  • Spanish: bacteriología — scientific study of bacteria
  • Swedish: bakteriologi — scientific study of bacteria
  • Turkish: bakteriyoloji — scientific study of bacteria
  • Ukrainian: бактеріоло́гія (bakteriolóhija) — scientific study of bacteria
  • Yiddish: באַקטעריאָלאָגיע (bakteryologye) — scientific study of bacteria
  • Zazaki: bakteriyoloci — scientific study of bacteria