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germ

[jurm] / dʒɜrm /




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Germ cells, the cells that form the sperm and the egg, are also subject to mutations, which can be particularly consequential since such changes can be passed along to the next generation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The city has four locations fully outfitted with solar power and battery backup systems, and aims to have 30 in three years, the city’s climate and resilience planner, Aubrey Germ, said in an email.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2022

Germ theory was more than a decade away, and in hospitals for the poor, surgeons in blood-caked aprons went from handling corpses to delivering babies without washing their hands.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2021

Inspired by the use of UV light to disinfect operating rooms, Kreitenberg invented a device — dubbed the Germ Ninja— to quickly disinfect the balls by passing UV light over them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2020

“I’m serious. There’s a lot left to figure out, but I know I want Germ to be original.”

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven




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