- bacterium (bacteria)
- бактерия(и)
English-Russian dictionary of medicine. Г.Ю. Бельман, А.Е. Бойков. 2015.
English-Russian dictionary of medicine. Г.Ю. Бельман, А.Е. Бойков. 2015.
bacteria — bacterial, adj. bacterially, adv. /bak tear ee euh/, n.pl., sing. bacterium / tear ee euhm/. ubiquitous one celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom … Universalium
bacteria — pl. of BACTERIUM. * * * bacteria pl. of bacterium … Useful english dictionary
bacteria — is plural. The singular is bacterium. Bacteria should not be confused with viruses, which are much smaller and cause different diseases … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Bacterium — Bac*te ri*um (b[a^]k*t[=e] r[i^]*[u^]m), n.; pl. {Bacteria} (b[a^]k*t[=e] r[i^]*[.a]). [NL., fr. Gr. bakth rion, ba ktron, a staff: cf. F. bact[ e]rie.] (Biol.) A microscopic single celled organism having no distinguishable nucleus, belonging to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bacteria — [bak tir′ē ə] pl.n. sing. bacterium [bak tir′ēəm] or bacteria [ModL, pl. of bacterium < Gr baktērion, dim. of baktron, a staff: see BACILLUS] any of a division (Bacteria) of monerans, microorganisms which are typically one celled, have no… … English World dictionary
bacterium — is a singular noun and its plural is bacteria. Erroneous uses of bacteria as a singular noun are regrettably common in newspapers: • A common gut bacteria may be a major cause of rheumatoid arthritis Independent, 1991 … Modern English usage
Bacteria — Bacterium Bac*te ri*um (b[a^]k*t[=e] r[i^]*[u^]m), n.; pl. {Bacteria} (b[a^]k*t[=e] r[i^]*[.a]). [NL., fr. Gr. bakth rion, ba ktron, a staff: cf. F. bact[ e]rie.] (Biol.) A microscopic single celled organism having no distinguishable nucleus,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bacterium — c.1848, singular of BACTERIA (Cf. bacteria) (q.v.) … Etymology dictionary
bacterium — [bak tir′ē əm] n. sing. of BACTERIA … English World dictionary
Bacteria — Bac*te ri*a, n. pl. See {Bacterium}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bacteria — 1847, plural of Mod.L. bacterium, from Gk. bakterion small staff, dim. of baktron stick, rod, from PIE *bak staff used for support. So called because the first ones observed were rod shaped. Introduced as a scientific word 1838 by German… … Etymology dictionary