microflora

noun

mi·​cro·​flo·​ra ˌmī-krə-ˈflȯr-ə 

1

: microscopic flora

2

: a small or strictly localized flora (as of a microenvironment)

microfloral

ˌmī-krə-ˈflȯr-əl 

adjective

Examples of microflora in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Finally, major weather events provoked by global warming will displace fungi that ordinarily live in more remote and/or inaccessible environments as well as mobilise their spores into the airborne microflora. —Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025

Powered by mineral properties (which help improve skin texture and soften aging skin) and biological properties (from post-biotic microflora to soothe stressed skin), this has all the qualities of an effective face mist. —Kiana Murden, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025

Probiotics are part of this microflora; their function is to help the skin’s microbiome stay in balance by keeping potentially harmful bacteria in check and preventing them from over-proliferating. —Melanie Rud, SELF, 23 Apr. 2024

Pre or probiotics can help keep the microflora on the skin in a healthy balance. —Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024

Word History

Etymology

New Latin

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for microflora

• grandiflora
• passiflora
• tuscarora
• aura
• bora
• cora
• flora
• fora
• gora
• hora
• kora
• laura

Medical Definition

microflora

noun

mi·​cro·​flo·​ra ˌmī-krə-ˈflōr-ə, -ˈflȯr- 

1

: a small or strictly localized flora (as of a microenvironment)

intestinal microflora

2

: microscopic flora compare macroflora

microfloral

-əl 

adjective