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.
SEE: germ; SEE: microbe

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