germ
germ - English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /d͡ʒɜːm/
- (General American) enPR: jûrm, IPA: /d͡ʒɝm/
Noun
germ (plural germs)
- (biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote.
- The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
- (biology) The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
- Coordinate term: vesicle
- Derived terms: germectomy
- surgical removal of germs of wisdom teeth
- A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
- (figurative) The origin or earliest version of an idea or project.
- the germ of civil liberty
- (mathematics) An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
Derived terms
terms derived from germ (noun)
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Verb
germ (third-person singular simple present germs, present participle germing, simple past and past participle germed)
germ - Northern Kurdish
Adjective
germ (comparative germtir, superlative germtirîn)
Derived terms
- germahî
germ - Zazaki
Adjective
germ
Derived terms
- germey
- germin
- germın