Etymology

perimicrobial

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Today it means: Surrounding a microbe; especially surrounding a bacterium within a higher organism. Full definition →

English microbial ← Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́) ← Proto-Indo-European *per-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Englishmicrobial
  5. English todayperimicrobial

From peri- + microbial.

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