D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

microbial

/mīk-rōb'-ē-əl/ · mi·cro·bi·al · IPA /maɪˈkɹoʊ.bi.əl/
01 a. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, microbes; as, microbial growth; the microbian theory; a microbian disease.
  1. 1.
    Of, pertaining to, or caused by, microbes; as, microbial growth; the microbian theory; a microbian disease.(Biol.)