Germ

  • 11Germ — Germ, v. i. To germinate. [R.] J. Morley. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12germ — germ, microbe, bacterium, bacillus, virus, though not strict synonyms, are comparable because all denote organisms invisible to the naked eye, including organisms that are the causative agents of various diseases. Germ and microbe are the… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 13germ — [n1] microscopic organism, often causing illness antibody, bacterium, bug*, disease, microbe, microorganism, parasite, pathogen, plague, virus, what’s going around*; concepts 306,392 germ [n2] beginning bud, cause, egg, embryo, inception, nucleus …

    New thesaurus

  • 14germ — ► NOUN 1) a micro organism, especially one which causes disease. 2) a portion of an organism capable of developing into a new one or part of one. 3) an initial stage from which something may develop: the germ of an idea. ORIGIN Latin germen seed …

    English terms dictionary

  • 15Germ — (Bärme), so v.w. Hefen …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 16Germ — (Gärm), soviel wie Hefe …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 17Germ. — Germ., bei Pflanzennamen Abkürzung für Ernest Germain (G. de Saint Pierre), Arzt in Paris, gest. nach 1870 in Bessay (Nièvre); schrieb: »Histoire iconographique des anomalies de l organisation dans le règne végétal« (Par. 1855, Heft 1 und 2,… …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 18germ — index consequence (significance), embryo, source Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 19Germ- — [↑ Germanium] Namensstamm von Zus. mit der Bed. »Germanium«, vgl. Germa …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 20Germ — Germ,der:⇨Hefe …

    Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme