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1. (n.) germ
a microorganism, esp. when disease-producing; microbe.
2. germ
a bud, offshoot, or seed.
3. germ
the rudiment of a living organism; an embryo in its early stages.
4. germ
the initial stage in development or evolution, as a germ cell or ancestral form.
5. germ
a source of development; origin; seed:
the germ of an idea.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < MF germe < L germen shoot, sprout, by dissimilation from *genmen=gen- (see genus ) + -men resultative n. suffix))
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| Definition of 'GERM' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) source, seed, germ
anything that provides inspiration for later work
2. (noun) germ
a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
3. (noun) microbe, bug, germ
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
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1. (noun) germ
a type of bacteria
to spread germs
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) GERM
that which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears
2. (noun) GERM
that from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty
3. (verb) GERM
to germinate
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Sense: a very tiny animal or plant that causes disease
Disinfectant kills germs.
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 Afrikaans: kiem |
 Arabic: جُرْثومَه |
 Bulgarian: микроб |
 Brazilian: germe |
 Czech: bakterie, mikrob |
 German: der Krankheitserreger |
 Danish: bakterie; mikrobe |
 Greek: μικρόβιο |
 Spanish: germen |
 Estonian: pisik |
 Farsi: میکروب |
 Finnish: bakteeri |
 French: microbe |
 Hebrew: חיידק |
 Hindi: रोगाणु |
 Croatian: klica |
 Hungarian: baktérium |
 Indonesian: mikroba, kuman |
 Icelandic: sÿkill |
 Italian: germe |
 Japanese: 細菌 |
 Korean: 미생물 |
 Lithuanian: mikrobas, bakterija |
 Latvian: mikrobs; baktērija |
 Malay: kuman |
 Dutch: ziektekiem |
 Norwegian: bakterie, mikrobe |
 Polish: zarazek |
 Persian: میکروب |
 Pashto: ميكروب |
 Portuguese: germe |
 Romanian: microb |
 Russian: микроб |
 Slovak: mikrób |
 Slovenian: mikrob |
 Serbian: bacil |
 Swedish: bakterie |
 Thai: เชื้อโรค |
 Turkish: mikrop |
 Taiwanese: 病菌 |
 Ukrainian: мікроб, бактерія |
 Urdu: جرثومہ |
 Vietnamese: vi trùng |
 Chinese: 病菌，细菌 |
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