microorganism
(mī″krō-or′gă-nĭzm)
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[micro- + organism]
A living organism too small to be seen with the naked eye, esp. a virus, bacterium, fungus, protozoan, or intracellular parasite, and some helminths. Many specialists do not consider viruses to be microorganisms because viruses are not cellular and cannot replicate without a host cell.
SEE: germ; SEE: microbe
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Microorganism." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749479/all/microorganism.
Microorganism. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749479/all/microorganism. Accessed November 24, 2024.
Microorganism. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749479/all/microorganism
Microorganism [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 24]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749479/all/microorganism.
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