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microbiological

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to microbiology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) 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 -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English biological English microbiological From micro- + biological.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մանրէաբանական (manrēabanakan) — pertaining to microbiology
  • Catalan: microbiològic — pertaining to microbiology
  • Dutch: microbiologisch — pertaining to microbiology
  • Finnish: mikrobiologinen — pertaining to microbiology
  • French: microbiologique — pertaining to microbiology
  • German: mikrobiologisch — pertaining to microbiology
  • Italian: microbiologico — pertaining to microbiology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mikrobiologisk — pertaining to microbiology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mikrobiologisk — pertaining to microbiology
  • Portuguese: microbiológico — pertaining to microbiology
  • Russian: микробиологический (mikrobiologičeskij) — pertaining to microbiology
  • Spanish: microbiológico — pertaining to microbiology
  • Swedish: mikrobiologisk — pertaining to microbiology