Germ vs. Germicide — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Germ and Germicide
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Germ
(Biology) A small mass of protoplasm or cells from which a new organism or one of its parts may develop.
Germicide
A substance or other agent which destroys harmful microorganisms.
Germ
The earliest form of an organism; a seed, bud, or spore.
Germicide
A substance or agent that kills germs, especially pathogenic microorganisms; a disinfectant.
Germ
A microorganism, especially a pathogen.
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Germicide
An agent that kills pathogenic organisms; a disinfectant.
Germ
Something that may serve as the basis of further growth or development
The germ of a project.
Germicide
A germicidal agent.
Germ
(biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote.
Germicide
An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
Germ
The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
Germ
(biology) The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
Surgical removal of germs of wisdom teeth
Germ
A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
Germ
(figurative) The origin or earliest version of an idea or project.
The germ of civil liberty
Germ
An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
Germ
To germinate.
Germ
(slang) To grow, as if parasitic.
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.
In the entire process in which a new being originates . . . two distinct classes of action participate; namely, the act of generation by which the germ is produced; and the act of development, by which that germ is evolved into the complete organism.
Germ
That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty.
Germ
The germ cells, collectively, as distinguished from the somatic cells, or soma. Germ is often used in place of germinal to form phrases; as, germ area, germ disc, germ membrane, germ nucleus, germ sac, etc.
Germ
A microorganism, especially a disease-causing bacterium or virus; - used informally, as, the don't eat food that falls on the floor, it may have germs on it.
Germ
To germinate.
Germ
Anything that provides inspiration for later work
Germ
A small simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
Germ
A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
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