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Microbic

Microbic \Mi*crob"ic\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a microbe.

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microbic

a. microbial

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microbic

adj. of or involving or caused by or being microbes; "microbial warfare" [syn: microbial]

Usage examples of "microbic".

The offshore reefs, already imperiled, could suffocate if the microbic crud thickens.

An emulsion made by shaking up equal parts of the oil and powdered gum-arabic with water has been used as a urethral injection, and has also been given internally in drachm doses in pulmonary tuberculosis and other microbic diseases of the lungs and bronchitis.

That is, he arose and, with apologies to Mahatma Gandhi and to all those other Indians who wore fine-gauze masks throughout their lives so as not to breathe in and snuff out even the smallest microbic bug, Herbie proceeded jerkily over to each little ant rally and stepped on it, almost able to hear thousands of tiny screams as those wee bugs were suddenly extinguished beneath his merciless heel.