microflora
microflora
Definition
micro·flora (mī′krō flôr′ə)
noun microfloras -·ras or microflorae -·rae (-ē)
- minute, esp. microscopic, flora
- the plants of a given microhabitat
microflora
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- restore: Eating plenty of live yogurt restores proper gut microflora, which is extremely important for our general health.
- reduce: It is less clear whether reducing skin microflora leads to a lower incidence of surgical site infection.
Preposition: in
- health: Investigate the role of the human gut microflora in health and disease.
Adjective modifier
- intestinal: The intestinal microflora is fundamental to the operations of both systems.
- normal: Wild caught - Normal microflora, likely to carry pathogens.
- human: Investigate the role of the human gut microflora in health and disease.
- oral: Implications for future research Future work should aim to examine the oral microflora of all stroke patients.
- colonic: Enteral tube feeding diarrhea: Pathogenesis and the role of the colonic microflora.
- saprophytic: The role of saprophytic microflora in the development of fusarium ear blight of winter wheat caused by Fusarium culmorum.
Noun used with modifier
- gut: Eating plenty of live yogurt restores proper gut microflora, which is extremely important for our general health.
- soil: Indeed, it may be many years, or tens of years, before there are noticeable changes in the soil microflora.
- skin: It is less clear whether reducing skin microflora leads to a lower incidence of surgical site infection.
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