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Word: Germ
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century (in Scots, denoting a source or beginning): via Old French from Latin germen ‘shoot, sprout’. germ (sense 1) dates from the late 19th century
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dʒəːm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a microorganism, especially one which causes disease.
Short Definition:microorganism which can cause disease
Definition:
a portion of an organism capable of developing into a new one or part of one.
Short Definition:part of organism capable of developing into new one
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