germaticadj.

Brit.

/dʒəːˈmatɪk/, U.S.

/dʒərˈmædɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: germ n., -atic suffix.

Etymology: < germ n. + -atic suffix. In sense 2 originally after spermatic adj. and n.

Chiefly U.S. Now rare.

1. Of the nature of a germ (germ n. 4); caused by or containing germs.

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1885 Boston Daily Globe 15 Sept. 4/3 There is a germ of small-pox, another of yellow fever. And so, why can't we assign one channel (the atmosphere) wherein lie the germatic (seed-like) cause of the propagation and elimination of disease?

1890 Memphis Med. Monthly 10 540 With this treatment we can often abort the trouble in the acute stage; in this we promote absorption of the inflammatory products, and thus prevent septic or germatic peritonitis.

1897 Korean Repository 4 464 I find salol useful in bronchitis, the sequel of measles, and in germatic bronchitis.

1920 Clearfield (Penn.) Prog. 3 Apr. 4/2 The water used in DuBois has been pronounced impure and germatic.

2. Of the nature of a germ cell; (in early use also) †relating to egg cells (obsolete).

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1889 H. Campbell Causation Dis. 135 We have seen that the spermatic and germatic E[nvironment] cannot possibly be the same for any two germs or sperms.

1920 A. Schneider Pharmaceut. Bacteriol. (ed. 2) vii. 128 Germatic cells differ from somatic cells in the reduced chromosomes.

1973 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 5 May 6 (advt.) Each different species of animal has a different number of chromosomes in the germatic reproductive cell.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	germatic
释义	germaticadj. Brit. /dʒəːˈmatɪk/, U.S. /dʒərˈmædɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: germ n., -atic suffix. Etymology: < germ n. + -atic suffix. In sense 2 originally after spermatic adj. and n. Chiefly U.S. Now rare. 1. Of the nature of a germ (germ n. 4); caused by or containing germs. ΚΠ 1885 Boston Daily Globe 15 Sept. 4/3 There is a germ of small-pox, another of yellow fever. And so, why can't we assign one channel (the atmosphere) wherein lie the germatic (seed-like) cause of the propagation and elimination of disease? 1890 Memphis Med. Monthly 10 540 With this treatment we can often abort the trouble in the acute stage; in this we promote absorption of the inflammatory products, and thus prevent septic or germatic peritonitis. 1897 Korean Repository 4 464 I find salol useful in bronchitis, the sequel of measles, and in germatic bronchitis. 1920 Clearfield (Penn.) Prog. 3 Apr. 4/2 The water used in DuBois has been pronounced impure and germatic. 2. Of the nature of a germ cell; (in early use also) †relating to egg cells (obsolete). ΚΠ 1889 H. Campbell Causation Dis. 135 We have seen that the spermatic and germatic E[nvironment] cannot possibly be the same for any two germs or sperms. 1920 A. Schneider Pharmaceut. Bacteriol. (ed. 2) vii. 128 Germatic cells differ from somatic cells in the reduced chromosomes. 1973 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 5 May 6 (advt.) Each different species of animal has a different number of chromosomes in the germatic reproductive cell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1885
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