microbiology
noun
mi·cro·bi·ol·o·gy
ˌmī-krō-bī-ˈä-lə-jē 
: a branch of biology dealing with microscopic forms of life
microbiological
adjective
or less commonly microbiologic
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The virus generally does not spread through human contact, but the Andes strain, one of the hantavirus family, can spread through droplets among close contacts, Kartik Chandran, professor of microbiology and immunology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine told TIME.
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Clark is a microbiology lecturer at Emory.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 8 May 2026
Palacios is a microbiology professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.
—Lauren Dunn, NBC news, 7 May 2026
Clark is a microbiology lecturer at Emory.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
In the Greater San Diego fair, Olivia Liu from La Jolla Country Day School weighed the effectiveness of soap and alcohol in achieving healthy skin in the category of microbiology.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
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“Microbiology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microbiology. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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microbiology
noun
mi·cro·bi·ol·o·gy
ˌmī-krō-bī-ˈäl-ə-jē
: a branch of biology concerned especially with microscopic forms of life (as bacteria, protozoans, and viruses)
Medical Definition
microbiology
noun
mi·cro·bi·ol·o·gy
ˌmī-krō-bī-ˈäl-ə-jē
plural microbiologies
: a branch of biology dealing especially with microorganisms (as bacteria and protozoans)
microbiological
adjective
also microbiologic
microbiological contamination
microbiological research
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