Definitions

germ

[jurm] / dʒɜrm /

NOUN

microscopic organism, often causing illness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

antibody bacterium bug disease microbe microorganism pathogen virus

WEAK

parasite what's going around

NOUN

beginning

Synonyms

STRONGEST

spore

STRONG

bud cause egg embryo inception nucleus origin ovule ovum root rudiment seed source spark sprig sprout

Antonyms

STRONG

conclusion consequence effect end ending outcome outgrowth result

Example Sentences

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“She looked me up and down. She made me feel like a germ. I just shut down.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 15, 2015

Three good means of diagnosis for early tuberculosis exist: X-rays; tuberculin tests; precipitation of a suspect's blood serum by fatty phosphatide fractions of the tuberculosis germ.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Vocabulary lists containing germ

"Eleven"

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