Associations to the word «Bacterium»

Wiktionary

BACTERIUM, noun. (microbiology) A single celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.

Dictionary definition

BACTERIUM, noun. (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats