The story
Blend of radium + microbe. By surface analysis, radio- + -obe.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A peculiar formation, possibly a crystal, formed in gelatin submitted to the action of radium, once thought to be a transitional form between a crystal and a living microbe. Full definition →
Blend of radium + microbe. By surface analysis, radio- + -obe.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.