There may be microscopes involved, bringing us ever closer to the heart of the matter; but even microbiology is objective, adding to knowledge by putting space between an object and its observer.
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Microbiology
//ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)bʌɪˈɒlədʒi//
Synonyms for "microbiology" (40 found)
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2 entriesmeronym
4 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 54 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- mikrobiologji noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Armenian
1 entries- մանրէաբանություն noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Asturian
1 entries- microbioloxía noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Bashkir
1 entries- микробиология noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Bengali
1 entries- অণুজীব বিজ্ঞান noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Burmese
1 entries- အဏုဇီဝဗေဒ noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Catalan
1 entries- microbiologia noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 微生物學 /微生物学 noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Chuvash
1 entries- микробиологи noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Czech
1 entries- mikrobiologie noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Danish
1 entries- mikrobiologi noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Dutch
1 entries- microbiologie noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Esperanto
1 entries- mikrobiologio noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Estonian
1 entries- mikrobioloogia noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Finnish
1 entries- mikrobiologia noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
French
1 entries- microbiologie noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Galician
1 entries- microbioloxía noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Georgian
1 entries- მიკრობიოლოგია noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
German
1 entries- Mikrobiologie noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Greenlandic
1 entries- bakterianik ilinniut noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Hindi
1 entries- सूक्ष्मजैविकी noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Ido
1 entries- mikrobiologio noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Indonesian
1 entries- mikrobiologi noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Irish
1 entries- micri-bhitheolaíocht noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Italian
1 entries- microbiologia noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Japanese
1 entries- 微生物学 noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Kannada
1 entries- ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಜೀವ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Kazakh
1 entries- микробиология noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Khmer
1 entries- អតិសុខុមជីវវិទ្យា noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Korean
1 entries- 미생물학 noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- микробиология noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Latvian
1 entries- mikrobioloģija noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Malayalam
1 entries- സൂക്ഷ്മജീവശാസ്ത്രം noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Mongolian
2 entries- бичил амин судлал noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
- ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠯ ᠠᠮᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Māori
1 entries- mātai koiora moroiti noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Navajo
1 entries- chʼosh doo yitʼíinii naalkaah noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- mikrobiologi noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- mikrobiologi noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Persian
1 entries- میکروبیولوژی noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Polish
1 entries- mikrobiologia noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Portuguese
1 entries- microbiologia noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Romanian
1 entries- microbiologie noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Russian
1 entries- микробиоло́гия noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ක්ෂුද්රජීව විද්යාව noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Spanish
1 entries- microbiología noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Swahili
1 entries- mikrobiolojia noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Swedish
1 entries- mikrobiologi noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Tagalog
1 entries- mikhaynayan noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Tamil
1 entries- நுண்ணுயிரியல் noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Telugu
1 entries- సూక్ష్మజీవశాస్త్రము noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Thai
1 entries- จุลชีววิทยา noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Turkish
1 entries- mikrobiyoloji noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Uzbek
1 entries- mikrobiologiya noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vi sinh vật học noun (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
It covers everything from the fundamentals of microbiology to the latest news.
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We made that soy sauce as a project in industrial microbiology.
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I work at the laboratory of microbiology.
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