| 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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| German measles |
a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester
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| germanium |
a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
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| germicidal |
bactericidal: preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
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