Subbacterial

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    smaller than a bacterium not-comparable

    "They are used frequently for the separation of particles of sub-bacterial dimensions and for the study of the sizes of the particles of ultramicroscopic viruses, bacteriophage and colloids."

  2. 2
    Subacute and bacterial. not-comparable

Example

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"They are used frequently for the separation of particles of sub-bacterial dimensions and for the study of the sizes of the particles of ultramicroscopic viruses, bacteriophage and colloids."

Etymology

From sub- + bacterial.

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