germ cell

noun Biology.

the sexual reproductive cell at any stage from the primordial cell to the mature gamete.

Origin of germ cell

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby germ cell

German sixth, Germantown, German wirehaired pointer, Germany, germaphobe, germ cell, germen, germfree, germicide, germinability, germinal

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Example sentences from the Web for germ cell

The germ-cell of the ovule, which by fertilization becomes the seed; the kernel of a seed.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
Given favorable circumstances, the germ-cell should be expected to be equally immortal.
Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
Such unused products of the germ-cell are also supposed to become located in the generative products.
On the Genesis of Species|St. George Mivart
To suppress an undesirable trait the germ-cell must unite with one that has never shown it—one from a sound stock.
Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia|Isaac G. Briggs

Again, the function of this mesothelium apart from the germ-cell is essentially excretory and phagocytic.
The Origin of Vertebrates|Walter Holbrook Gaskell

British Dictionary definitions for germ cell

germ cell

noun

a sexual reproductive cell; gameteCompare somatic cell

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Medical definitions for germ cell

germ cell

n.

An ovum or a sperm cell or one of their developmental precursors.sex cell

Scientific definitions for germ cell

germ cell

One of the diploid cells in the reproductive organs of a multicellular organism that undergo division and are the precursors of haploid gametes, such as a spermatogonium or oogonium.

See gamete.

单词	germ cell
释义	germ cell noun Biology. the sexual reproductive cell at any stage from the primordial cell to the mature gamete. Origin of germ cell First recorded in 1850–55 Words nearby germ cell German sixth, Germantown, German wirehaired pointer, Germany, germaphobe, germ cell, germen, germfree, germicide, germinability, germinal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for germ cell The germ-cell of the ovule, which by fertilization becomes the seed; the kernel of a seed. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States\|Asa Gray Given favorable circumstances, the germ-cell should be expected to be equally immortal. Applied Eugenics\|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson Such unused products of the germ-cell are also supposed to become located in the generative products. On the Genesis of Species\|St. George Mivart To suppress an undesirable trait the germ-cell must unite with one that has never shown it—one from a sound stock. Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia\|Isaac G. Briggs Again, the function of this mesothelium apart from the germ-cell is essentially excretory and phagocytic. The Origin of Vertebrates\|Walter Holbrook Gaskell British Dictionary definitions for germ cell germ cell noun a sexual reproductive cell; gameteCompare somatic cell Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for germ cell germ cell n. An ovum or a sperm cell or one of their developmental precursors.sex cell The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for germ cell germ cell One of the diploid cells in the reproductive organs of a multicellular organism that undergo division and are the precursors of haploid gametes, such as a spermatogonium or oogonium. See gamete. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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