Germ

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
microbeseedsource
plural
Germs
possessive
Germ's
pluralpossessive
Germs'