Germs

Definition of Germs

Noun

1. source, seed, germ (anything that provides inspiration for later work)

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

3. microbe, bug, germ (a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use)

natural; fruitful; virulent; organic; pernicious; fundamental; floating; delicate; vegetable; infant; marauding; infectious; prolific; insidious.