microphyte

[ mahy-kruh-fahyt ]

noun

1. a microscopic plant.

microphyte

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfaɪt; ˌmaɪkrəʊˈfɪtɪk /

noun

1. an obsolete name for a bacterium

Derived Forms

• microphytic, adjective

Other Words From

• mi·cro·phyt·ic [mahy-kr, uh, -, fit, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of microphyte¹

First recorded in 1860–65; micro- + -phyte

Example Sentences

The infective group includes those tumors whose structure is closely allied to that of the products of inflammation, but whose origin is the direct result of the introduction from without of a microphyte.

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Not every animal is influenced by the same microphyte.

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It is probably a microphyte capable of development within the human organism—capable also of a prolonged independent existence under favorable circumstances outside of the body, and of again giving rise to the disease.

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Microphyte, mī′krō-fīt, n. a microscopic plant, esp. one parasitic.—adjs.

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