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INTESTINAL FLORA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Harmless microorganisms (as Escherichia coli) that inhabit the intestinal tract and are essential for its normal functioning
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Hypernyms ("intestinal flora" is a kind of...):
micro-organism; microorganism (any organism of microscopic size)