bacterium

noun

(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.

Roots

bakterionbacterium- · Greek · little rod

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Where does bacterium come from?

The word bacterium breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root bacterium-, from Greek bakterion (“little rod”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.