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noun (parameci, a)
- A type of oval-shaped protozoan organism.
- 1997: Edgar noticed that Clyde was wearing a necktie with a driblet deign. The little figures made him think of paramecia, sinister organisms with gullets and feeding grooves. " Don DeLillo?, Underworld
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verb (pasteuriz, ing)
- To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.
| | pathogen |
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noun
- (context, pathology, immunology) Any organism or substance, especially a microorganism, capable of causing disease, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa or fungus, fungi. Microorganisms are not considered to be pathogenic until they have reached a population size that is large enough to cause disease.
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noun - (botany) The outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary.
- used figuratively
- 1974: He learned, afternoon after afternoon, how to edge her into delicious frenzies, how to tremble the clitoris, , and tip. " Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
| | phage |
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noun
- (context, microbiology, virology) A virus that is parasitic to bacteria.
| | phytoplankton |
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noun
- Small algae and fungi. They obtain energy by photosynthesis, and live mostly in the upper part of the sea, because they need light to survive.
| | plankton |
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noun
- a generic term for all the microorganisms that float in the sea.
| | Proteus |
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proper noun
- (Greek mythology) A sea god who could change his shape at will.
- (astronomy) The sixth satellite of the planet Neptune
| | protozoa |
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noun
- (plural of, protozoan)
- (plural of, protozoon)
| | protozoan |
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noun (pl. protozoa)
- (cytology) any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum Protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.
adjective - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.
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noun (Plural protozoa)
- (cytology) protozoan.
| | ptomaine |
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noun - (chemistry) any of various amines formed by putrefactive bacteria
- (dated) food poisoning
- 1989: Sandwiches arrived from outside, strange granular bread, the butter on it liquid, some sort of beige meat paste that hinted at . " Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
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noun - decomposition
- the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of foul-smelling incompletely oxidized products
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