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Microbiologists do it with culture and sensitivity.
Microbiology Lab: Staph Only!
Micro Channel Architectures (MCA): IBM's new bus that carries information in 32-bit packets.
MicroDroid: [USENET] n. A Microsoft employee, esp. one who posts to various operating-system advocacy newsgroups.
MicroDroids post follow-ups to any messages critical of Microsoft's operating ...
MICROFICHE n, Plankton.
Microfiche: Sardines.
microfloppies: n. 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.
25-inch {vanilla} or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety....
microfortnight: n. 1/1000000 of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measureme
1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; th...
microLenat: /mi:`-kroh-len'-*t/ n. The unit of {bogosity}, written uL
he consensus is that this is the largest unit practical for everyday use....
micro-: pref. 1. Very small; this is the root of its use as a quantifier prefix.
2. A quantifier prefix, calling for multiplication by 10^(-6) (see {{quantifiers}})....

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