| germ |
source: anything that provides inspiration for later work a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism microbe: a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
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| germ cell |
reproductive cell: a spermatozoon or an ovum
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| germ layer |
(embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation
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| germ theory |
(medicine) the theory that all contagious diseases are caused by microorganisms
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| germ plasm |
the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
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