microorganism

English

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Etymology

From micro- +‎ organism.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm̩/
• (US) IPA: /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊˈɔːɹ.ɡən.ɪ.zəm̩/

Alternative forms

• micro-organism
• microörganism

Noun

microorganism (plural microorganisms)

1. (microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.

   The cud is then reswallowed and further digested by specialized microorganisms that live in the rumen.

Related terms

• microbe

Translations

an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye

• Arabic: ميكروب (ar) (mikrūb) m
• Armenian: միկրոօրգանիզմ (hy) (mikroòrganizm) 
• Asturian: microorganismu (ast) m
• Bulgarian: микроорганизъм (bg) (mikroorganízǎm) m 
• Catalan: microorganisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 微生物 (cmn) (wéishēngwù)

• Czech: mikroorganismus (cs) m
• Danish: mikroorganisme (da)
• Esperanto: mikroorganismo (eo)
• Estonian: mikroorganism (et)
• Finnish: mikro-organismi (fi)
• French: microorganisme (fr) m
• Galician: microorganismo (gl) m
• German: Mikroorganismus (de) m
• Greek: μικροοργανισμός (el) (mikro'organismós) m 
• Hebrew: מיקרואורגניזם (he) (mikro'organízm) m
• Hindi: सूक्ष्मजीव (hi) (sūkṣmajīv)
• Indonesian: mikroorganisme (id)

• Italian: microrganismo (it) m
• Japanese: 微生物 (ja) (びせいぶつ, biseibutsu)
• Korean: 미생물 (ko) (misaengmul) (微生物 (ko))
• Lao: ຈຸນລະຊີບ (lo) (chun la sīp)
• Navajo: chʼosh doo yitʼínii
• Occitan: microorganisme (oc) m
• Persian: میکرب (fa) (mikrob)
• Polish: mikroorganizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: microorganismo (pt) m
• Romanian: microorganism (ro) n
• Russian: микроорганизм (ru) (mikroorganízm) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: mikroorganìzam (sh) m
• Spanish: microorganismo (es) m
• Telugu: సూక్ష్మజీవి (te)
• Thai: จุลชีพ (th) (jun lá chêep)
• Turkish: mikroorganizma (tr)
• Vietnamese: vi trùng (vi), vi khuẩn (vi), vi sinh vật (vi) (微生物 (vi))
• West Frisian: mikro-organisme (fy)

See also

• macroorganism

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Romanian

Noun

microorganism n (plural microorganisme)

1. microorganism