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- [jurm]
- /dʒɜrm/
- /dʒɜːm/
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- [jurm]
- /dʒɜrm/
Definitions of germ word
- noun germ a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe. 1
- noun germ a bud, offshoot, or seed. 1
- noun germ the rudiment of a living organism; an embryo in its early stages. 1
- noun germ the initial stage in development or evolution, as a germ cell or ancestral form. 1
- noun germ something that serves as a source or initial stage for subsequent development: the germ of an idea. 1
- adjective germ Pathology. of, relating to, or caused by disease-producing germs. 1
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Origin of germ
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English < Middle French germe < Latin germen shoot, sprout, by dissimilation from *genmen, equivalent to gen- (see genitor, genus) + -men resultative noun suffix)
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Parts of speech for Germ
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germ popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for germ
noun germ
- microorganism — any organism too small to be viewed by the unaided eye, as bacteria, protozoa, and some fungi and algae.
- disease — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- parasite — an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- virus — an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
Antonyms for germ
noun germ
- outcome — a final product or end result; consequence; issue.
- result — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- consequence — The consequences of something are the results or effects of it.
- effect — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- outgrowth — a natural development, product, or result: to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect.
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