GERMLESS
Germ"less, a.
Defn: Without germs.
GERMOGEN Ger"mo*gen, n. Etym: [Germ + -gen.] (Biol.) (a) A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed. Balfour. (b) The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms. Balfour.
GERM PLASM
Germ" plasm`, (Biol.)
Defn: See Plasmogen, and Idioplasm.
GERM THEORY
Germ theory.
1. (Biol.)
Defn: The theory that living organisms can be produced only by the development of living germs. Cf. Biogenesis, Abiogenesis.
2. (Med.) The theory which attributes contagious and infectious diseases, suppurative lesions, etc., to the agency of germs. The science of bacteriology was developed after this theory had been established.
GERMULE
Germ"ule, n. Etym: [Dim. fr. germ.] (Biol.)