Bacteria

//bakˈtɪə̯.ri.ə//

Synonyms for "bacteria" (62 found)

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Closest matches (13)

adenovirus aerobe aerobic bacteria amebic amoeba anaerobe anaerobic bacteria animalcule bacillus bacterium bug coccus

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (18)

colon bacillus diatom disease-producing microorganism dyad echovirus enterovirus euglena ferment filterable virus flagellate fungus germ gram-negative bacteria gram-positive bacteria microbe microorganism microspore microzoa

Related words (31)

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15 relation types

More general

2 entries

micro-organism microorganism

Related terms

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culture

at location

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finger ground lake mouth petri dish septic tank water

capable of

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make people sick spread disease

causes

2 entries

infection in cut stink

derived

15 entries

Archaebacteria Archebacteria Eubacteria bacterialess bacterin bacteriosis bacteriuria bacterivore bacterize green non-sulfur bacteria green sulfur bacteria pseudobacteria purple bacteria slime bacteria spherobacteria

derived from

1 entries

distinct from

1 entries

virus

etymologically related_to

1 entries

peg

form of

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bacterium

has context

2 entries

medicine microbiology

has property

5 entries

alive benign and do not cause disease harmful microscopic very small

is a

7 entries

everywhere microorganism microscopic organisms one cause of illness organism prokaryotes prokaryotic

receives action

1 entries

killed

related to

35 entries

amoeba animal anti anti soap bacillus back back tear bacterium causes causes sickness cell coccus culture disease germ germs

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Sample sentences

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Pasteur experimented with bacteria.

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Bacteria will not breed in alcohol.

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Endometritis is a disease where bacteria enter the uterus and cause inflammation of the inner membrane.

Source: tatoeba (329215)

In order to isolate him from bacteria, and such, he is not allowed visitors.

Source: tatoeba (329465)

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