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Definitions for Germ

[1] a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
[2] a bud, offshoot, or seed.
[3] the rudiment of a living organism; an embryo in its early stages.
[4] the initial stage in development or evolution, as a germ cell or ancestral form.
[5] something that serves as a source or initial stage for subsequent development: the germ of an idea.
[6] Pathology . of, relating to, or caused by disease-producing germs.
[7] a microorganism, esp one that produces disease in animals or plants
[8] (often plural) the rudimentary or initial form of something the germs of revolution
[9] a simple structure, such as a fertilized egg, that is capable of developing into a complete organism

Words related to Germ

microorganism, disease, parasite, virus, plague, microbe, bug, bacterium, antibody, pathogen, spore, origin, embryo, cause, ovum, rudiment, egg, source, seed, nucleus

Words nearby Germ

gergiev, geriatric, geriatrician, geriatrics, gerlachovka, germ, germ cell, germ layer, germ line, germ membrane, germ plasm

Origin of Germ

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French germe < Latin germen shoot, sprout, by dissimilation from *genmen, equivalent to gen- (see genitor, genus) + -men resultative noun suffix)

Other words from Germ

germ·less , adjective
germ·like , adjective

Word origin for Germ

C17: from French germe, from Latin germen sprig, bud, sprout, seed

Synonyms for Germ

antibody, bacterium, bug, disease, microbe, microorganism, parasite, pathogen, plague, virus, what's going around