microbiology

1. 1.

   the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans

   Broaderbiology

Other forms of microbiology

plural

microbiologies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about microbiology

What does microbiology mean?

microbiology means "the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans".

How many syllables are in microbiology?

microbiology has 6 syllables: mi-cro-bi-o-lo-gy. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˌmaɪkɹoʊˌbaɪˈɑlədʒi/.