Definition of germs Germs
/ʤɚˈmz/ - [jermz] -
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What does germs mean?
Wiktionary 
- germs (Noun)
Plural of germ.
Part of speech
🔤- germs, noun, plural of germ.
WordNet
NounPlural: germs |
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| germ - a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism | ||
| anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" | ||
| germ - anything that provides inspiration for later work | ||
| source, seed | ||
| inspiration arousing to a particular emotion or action | ||
| taproot something that provides an important central source for growth or development; "the taproot of his resentment"; "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot" | ||
| germ - a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use | ||
| microbe, bug | ||
| micro-organism, microorganism any organism of microscopic size | ||
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Wiktionary
- germ (Noun)
The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore. - germ (Noun)
A pathogenic microorganism. - germ (Noun)
An idea that forms the basis of some project. - germ (Noun)
The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ . - germ (Verb)
To germinate. - germ (Verb)
To grow, as if parasitic.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- germ (n.)
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. - germ (n.)
That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty. - germ (v. i.)
To germinate.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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germ
A pathogenic micro-organism. -
germ
Living substance capable of developing into an organ, part, or organism as a whole; a primordium.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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germ
jėrm, n. a rudimentary form of a living thing, whether a plant or animal: (bot.) the seed-bud of a plant: a shoot: that from which anything springs, the origin: a first principle.—v.i. to put forth buds, sprout.—n. Germ′icide, that which destroys germs. [Fr. germe—L. germen, a bud.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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germ
A bit of animal life living in water.
Wikipedia 
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Germs are bacteria, amoeba, protozoa and other tiny (microscopic) animals that can cause people to become sick. Most germs are of only single cell but they multiply so fast in the human body that they cause sickness. This does not include viruses, since most experts say viruses are not really alive. But many people may call viruses "germs" also, in everyday speech.
See also.
Germ theory of disease.
Part of speech
🔤- germ, noun, singular of germs.
