Hypertext Webster Gateway: "microbiology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Microbiology \Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gy\, n. [See {Microbe}; {-logy}.]
The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria.
-- {Mi`cro*bi`o*log"ic*al}, a. -- {Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gist}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
microbiology
n : the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their
effects on humans
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