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microenvironment

The English word “microenvironment” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A very small area that has different characteristics than its surroundings; the milieu (set of conditions) within this area.
  2. Synonym of microhabitat.
  3. The very small environment in the immediate vicinity of an organism.

Etymology

From micro- + environment.

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