Usually means: Tiny organisms, often microscopic life.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. microorganism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. microorganism: Merriam-Webster
  3. microorganism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. microorganism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. microorganism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. microorganism: Vocabulary.com
  7. microorganism: Wordnik
  8. microorganism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. microorganism: Wiktionary
  10. microorganism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. microorganism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. microorganism: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. microorganism: Dictionary.com
  14. microorganism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. microorganism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Microorganism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Microorganism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. microorganism: Rhymezone
  19. Microorganism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. microorganism: FreeDictionary.org
  21. microorganism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. microorganism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. microorganism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. microorganism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. microorganism: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  5. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  6. microorganism: Medical dictionary
  7. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  2. microorganism: Canadian Soil Information System
  3. Pool Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See microorganisms as well.)

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noun:  (microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye; especially, a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.

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