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microbiology

 noun
     
Related topics: Biology
mi‧cro‧bi‧ol‧o‧gy [uncountable]
HB the scientific study of very small living things such as bacteria
—microbiologist noun [countable]
—microbiological adjective:
a microbiological examination of the fibres found near the body
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