bacteria

Meaning of bacteria

plural noun

a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.

mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek baktērion, diminutive of baktēria ‘staff, cane’ (because the first ones to be discovered were rod-shaped). Compare with bacillus.

Information about bacteria

Hyphenation of bacteria

bac-te-ria

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • bacteria is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

bacteria synonyms

Meaning bacterium:

bacterium

Translation of bacteria

Anagrams of bacteria

Tacaribe

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