Meanings
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- New Latinbiologia
- Englishbiology
- Englishmicrobiology
Translations
Bengali অণুজীব বিজ্ঞান
- অণুজীব বিজ্ঞান (onujib biggên)branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Catalan microbiologia
- microbiologiabranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Chinese Mandarin 微生物學 /微生物学
- 微生物學 /微生物学 (wéishēngwùxué)branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Czech mikrobiologie
- mikrobiologiebranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Danish mikrobiologi
- mikrobiologibranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Dutch microbiologie
- microbiologiebranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Esperanto mikrobiologio
- mikrobiologiobranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Estonian mikrobioloogia
- mikrobioloogiabranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Finnish mikrobiologia
- mikrobiologiabranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
French microbiologie
- microbiologiebranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
German Mikrobiologie
- Mikrobiologiebranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Hindi सूक्ष्मजैविकी
- सूक्ष्मजैविकी (sūkṣmajaivikī)branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Indonesian mikrobiologi
- mikrobiologibranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Irish micri-bhitheolaíocht
- micri-bhitheolaíochtbranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Italian microbiologia
- microbiologiabranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Japanese 微生物学
- 微生物学 (biseibutsugaku)branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Korean 미생물학
- 미생물학 (misaengmulhak)branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Latvian mikrobioloģija
- mikrobioloģijabranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Lithuanian mikrobiològija
- mikrobiològijabranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Māori mātai koiora moroiti
- mātai koiora moroitibranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Norwegian Bokmål mikrobiologi
- mikrobiologibranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Persian میکروبیولوژی
- میکروبیولوژی (mikrobiyoloži)branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Polish mikrobiologia
- mikrobiologiabranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Portuguese microbiologia
- microbiologiabranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Romanian microbiologie
- microbiologiebranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Russian микробиоло́гия
- микробиоло́гия (mikrobiológija)branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Spanish microbiología
- microbiologíabranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Swahili mikrobiolojia
- mikrobiolojiabranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Swedish mikrobiologi
- mikrobiologibranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Tagalog mikhaynayan
- mikhaynayanbranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Tamil நுண்ணுயிரியல்
- நுண்ணுயிரியல் (nuṇṇuyiriyal)branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Thai จุลชีววิทยา
- จุลชีววิทยา (jun-lá-chii-wá-wít-tá-yaa)branch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Turkish mikrobiyoloji
- mikrobiyolojibranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Vietnamese vi sinh vật học
- vi sinh vật họcbranch of biology dealing with microorganisms
Cite this entry
APA
microbiology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbiology
MLA
“microbiology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbiology. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microbiology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbiology.
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