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Germ Very Common

Germ has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

anything that provides inspiration for later work

"The old sketchbook filled with forgotten doodles served as a useful germ of an idea when she finally started painting again."

2

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

"The biologist explained that each tiny germ contained all the necessary information to grow into a full-fledged human being."

3

a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

"The doctor told me that washing my hands would kill all the germs on my skin before I ate dinner."

4

The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore.

"The germ of the story came to me while I was visiting my cousin in Berlin."

5

a German person.