All 3 Uses of
microbe
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- New set of microbes.†
Chpt 8
- Rub off the microbes with your handkerchief.†
Chpt 8 *
- Of the eons of geological periods recorded in the stratifications of the earth: of the myriad minute entomological organic existences concealed in cavities of the earth, beneath removable stones, in hives and mounds, of microbes, germs, bacteria, bacilli, spermatozoa: of the incalculable trillions of billions of millions of imperceptible molecules contained by cohesion of molecular affinity in a single pinhead: of the universe of human serum constellated with red and white bodies,…†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(microbe) a living organism such as a bacterium, or virus that is so small, it can be seen only with a microscope