microbiologically
- adverb
- /ˌmaɪkroʊbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkli/
- Specialized
- Water samples must be tested microbiologically to determine if they are safe for consumption.
- microbiologically safe
- microbiologically contaminated
- microbiologically safe water
Examples
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Of the 201 patients, 167 were microbiologically culture-positive.
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During storage, IWC slice samples were removed from incubation at selected intervals and microbiologically analyzed.
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Results revealed that water is microbiologically contaminated in more than 60% of the collected samples.
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Hurricanes that cause infrastructure damage lead to microbiologically unsafe conditions in water bodies for a period of days or weeks.
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Although microbiologically safe, water supplies from small springs or mountain sources created pockets of increased exposures.
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Patients were assessed clinically and microbiologically 12 hours following the cessation of treatment and again 2 to 3 weeks later.
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However, farms deprived of livestock may be the most in need of microbiologically rich composts.
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When water from a point-of-use filtration system attached to a microbiologically safe water supply is used regularly, the HPC can be controlled.
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The following report describes a recent outbreak in which watermelon was implicated epidemiologically and microbiologically.
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In the village of Zawtar El-Charkieh, our study area in southern Lebanon, drinking water sources are anticipated to be microbiologically contaminated due to the absence of sanitary methods to dispose of wastewater.
Academic text (2010)
Surface Forms
Morphology
microbiologically = microbiological (transparent) = microbiological + ly
The adverb is a regular '-ly' derivation from the adjective 'microbiological', which is itself transparently related to 'microbiology'.
Etymology
The word microbiologically comes from three parts: micro- meaning 'small', bio- meaning 'life', and -logy meaning 'study', and you can see these parts in familiar words like microscope and biology. So, to do something microbiologically is to do it in a way that studies very small living things, such as bacteria.