microbe (mi'krob)

A minute organism. See bacillus, bacterium, and micrococcus. aerobic m's. M's which consume oxygen from the air, and live on the surface of substances, anaerobic m's. M's living beneath the surface of liquids or inside living organisms, pathogenic m's. M's that cause disease. [Gr., mikros, small, + bios, life.] 532 microbe mia infection of(mi-kro-be'me-ah). the blood. [Gr., Microbic mikros, small, + bios, life, + aim a, blood.] microbial, microbian, microbic (mikro'be-al, mi-kro'be-an, mi-kro'bik). Pertaining to, or caused by microbes. microbic ide (mi-kro'bis-id). A substance U. that destroys microorganisms. {.Microbe + Lat., caedere, to kill.] microbiology (mi"kro-bi-ol'o-je). The biology of minute organisms. [Gr., mikros, small, -jbios, life, + logos, understanding.] necrobiosis (mi-kro-bi-o's is). The morbid condition caused by infection with bacteria. microbism microbes. (mi'kro-bism). Infection with micro blast (mi'kro-blast). A small, immaa ture blood corpuscle. [Gr., mikros, small, + blastos, sprout.] microblepharia (mi"kro-blef-a're-ah). Partial ablepharia in which the lids are rudimentary and only partially surround the orbital opening. [Gr., mikros, little, -fblepharos, the eyelid.] micro brachia (mi-kro-brak'e-ah). Congenital smallne of the arms. [Gr., mikros, small, + brach i on, arm.] microcard i a (mi-kro-kar'de-ah). Congenital diminutivene of the heart. [Gr., mikros, small, + kardia, heart.] microcephal i a, microcephaly (mi"krosef-al'e-ah, mi"kro-sef'a-le). The state of being a microcephal us. [Gr., mikros, small, + kephale, head.] microcephalous. ing a small and(mi"kro-sef'al-us). Havimperfectly developed head; of Broca, having a skull with an anteroposterior diameter of not more than head.] 148 mm. [Gr., mikros, small, + kephale, microcephal us monster having a (mi-kro-sef'al-us). very small head. A microchemistry Chemical investigation (mi-kro-kem'is-tre) carried on with the. aid of the microscope. Based upon the principle that certain chemical compounds have characteristic color reactions. [Gr., mikros, small, + chemistry.,] Micrococcus (mi-kro-kok'us). A minute coccus; a genus of the Schizomycetes and of the family Coccaceae, with division in two planes, in which the cocci are globular or ovoid, and either undivided, single, or congregated into groups or irregular ma es. chromogenic m., chromogen ous m. A m. producing a pigment, fermentative m. See zymo<- genic m. M. caprinus. A m. isolated from the heart's blood of Angora goats with takosis. M. catarrhal is. A m. resembling the gonococcus but larger. It may cause bronchitis or lobular pneumonia, and is frequently a ociated with influenza bacilli or with pneumococci. M. erysipelatis, M. erysipelatosus. See Streptococcus erysipelatis, under streptococcus. M. foetid us. An anaerobic species discovered by Rosenbach in carious teeth. It grows in nutrient agar with the evolution of gas and a fetid smell. The cocci, which are very small, oval, and somewhat irregular, stain faintly with anilin dyes. M. gonococcus, M. gonorrheae. See gonococcus. M. intra cellulars mening it i dis. See Diplococcus intracellular is, under diplococcus. M. lanceolatus. See Diplococcus pneumoniae, under diplococcus. M. mel i tens is. The cause of Malta fever. M. mucilaginosus. A cause of slimy milk. M. nigrescens. A m. producing a black pigment, and found in symbiosis, a bacillary like fungus in cases of tri cho mycosis axillar is nigra, m. of acute infectious osteomyelitis. See Staphylococcus pyogenes aureus, under Staphylococcus, m. of gonorrhea. See gonococcus. m. of osteomyelitis. See Staphylococcus pyogenes aureus, under Staphylococcus. M. para mel i tens is, M. pseudo mel i tens is. M's found in some cases of Malta fever, resembling M. mel i tens is, but differing in their agglutination and absorption tests. M. pharangis siccus. A m. resembling Diplococcus intracellular is, but differentiated by fermentation tests. M. tetra genus. A species found in the sputum and walls of the cavities in the lung. m. urea. A m. decomposing urea into ammonia, pathogenic m., pathogenetic m. Any m. capable of producing disease. pigment forming m. See chromogenic m. zymogenic m., zymogen ous m. Any m. which causes fermentation. [Gr., rnikros, small, + kokkos, a berry.]