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gain(1) (iou) and microbian (medicine)


gain(1) (iou)



gain adjective. obsolete exc. dial. LOE.
[Old Norse gagn, gegn straight, direct, favourable, helpful, from Germanic.]
Of a road or direction: near, straight. Esp. in superl., as the gainest way. LOE.
(Of a person) willing, kindly; (of a thing) available, useful, convenient. ME.

microbian (medicine)


microbian
<biology> Of, pertaining to, or caused by, microbes; as, the microbian theory; a microbian disease.

Source: Websters Dictionary