Bacteria
Bacteria noun - (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants.
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Contagion
Contagion noun - An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted.
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Bacteria and contagion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bacteria" instead a noun "Contagion".
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Arc Words: In the website prequel: "Marooned in a silent ocean..." Artistic License Biology: The Doctor refers to whatever contagion killed the spaceship's crew as bacteria and a virus in the same sentence.
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Contagion and Bacteria. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bacteria/contagion
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