Contento 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.1.3 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Anagrams 2 Galician 2.1 Noun 3 Spanish 3.1 Noun

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• (US) IPA: /bækˈtɪɻ.i.ə/

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From New Latin bacteria, plural of bacterium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktērion), neuter diminutive of βακτηρία (baktēria), “‘rod, stick’”).

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Bacteria

1. Plural form of bacterium.
2. (US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium
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3. (US, proscribed) Patrono:Alternative form of
4. (pejorative, slang) A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).

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• This is the plural form of the word. While it is often used as if it were singular (as a collective noun), this is considered nonstandard by some in the US and more elsewhere. See the usage examples under bacterium.

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see also under bacterium

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• culture (collective noun)

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From New Latin bacteria, from Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēria), “‘rod, stick’”).

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Bacteria (plural bacteriae)

1. (dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus

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• race-bait

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Bacteria f. (plural Bacterias)

1. bacterium

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Bacteria f. (plural Bacterias)

1. bacterium

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