microflora

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ flora.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Noun

microflora (plural microflorae)

  1. Microscopic life, especially the bacterial colonies found in the gut of normal, healthy animals and humans.
    • 2024 October 10, Tiana Milović et al., “Enhancing Compressive Strength of Cement by Indigenous Individual and Co-Culture Bacillus Bacteria”, in Materials[1], volume 17, number 20, →DOI, archived from the original on 24 February 2025:
      Deionized water was also used to avoid the influence of naturally presented microflora in tap water on the experiment.

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Italian

Etymology

From micro- +‎ flora.

Noun

microflora f (plural microflore)

  1. microflora

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mikɾoˈfloɾa/ [mi.kɾoˈflo.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -oɾa
  • Syllabification: mi‧cro‧flo‧ra

Noun

microflora f (plural microfloras)

  1. microflora

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