Germ
//d͡ʒɜːm//
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The word "germ" can be used as noun and verb.
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antigerm apical germ pore degerm dysgerminoma epithelial germ germ cell germ history germ layer germ plasm germ pore germ theory germ theory of disease germ tube germ warfare germ-free germ-plasm germ-ridden germband germicidal germicide germinal germination germinative germinoma germless germlike germline germling germogen germophobe germophobia germophobic germproof germule germy multigerm pangermist wheat germ
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bacteria bud causer cell cereal develop dirty dirty objects disease embryo equivalence class function german germinate grain idea infection infection causer invisible invisible cell learn maker making making sick mass microbe microorganism neighborhood objects organism origin parasite parasitic pathogenic project seed sick sickness sickness causer sickness maker small spore tiny tiny infection unhealthy very very small virus
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