Germ — synonyms, definition

1. germ (Noun)

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germ (Noun) — Anything that provides inspiration for later work.

germ (Noun) — A small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism.

germ (Noun) — A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use.

germ (Noun) — (mathematics) an equivalence class of functions that are the same in a neighbourhood around a given point.

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