Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microbion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-bion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic

Example Sentences

"I am very well aware that lately mention has been made of particular microbions."
"M. Pasteur was announced as prepared not only to expound his previously published investigations concerning the modification and protective inoculation of disease-poisons, but to disclose new examples of modification of such points by the oxygen of the air, and to prove that we have really reached a general method for the moddification of certain poisons, whose application has only to be varied according to the physiological characteristics of the various microbions."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + βίος (bíos, “life”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: μικρός

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

microbions (plural)

Questions

What does microbion mean?: A microbe.
Where does microbion come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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