Germ or germs may refer to:
Science
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Germ (microorganism)
In biology, a pathogen ( el, πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of") in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a Germ ...
, an informal word for a pathogen
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Germ cell
Germ or germs may refer to:
Science
* Germ (microorganism), an informal word for a pathogen
* Germ cell, cell that gives rise to the gametes of an organism that reproduces sexually
* Germ layer, a primary layer of cells that forms during embr ...
, cell that gives rise to the gametes of an organism that reproduces sexually
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Germ layer, a primary layer of cells that forms during embryonic development
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Cereal germ, the reproductive part of a cereal grain
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Tooth germ
Tooth development or odontogenesis is the complex process by which teeth form from embryonic cells, grow, and erupt into the mouth. For human teeth to have a healthy oral environment, all parts of the tooth must develop during appropriate stage ...
, an aggregation of cells that eventually forms a tooth
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Germ theory of disease
The germ theory of disease is the currently accepted scientific theory for many diseases. It states that microorganisms known as pathogens or "germs" can lead to disease. These small organisms, too small to be seen without magnification, invade ...
, which states that some diseases are caused by microorganisms
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Germ (mathematics), an object in a topological space that captures local properties
Art and media
Music
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Germs (band), an American punk rock band
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Germ (musician), a stage name of Tim Wright
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Germ (rapper), an American rapper affiliated with
Suicideboys and
Pouya
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"Germs" (song), by "Weird Al" Yankovic
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''The Germ'' (album), by Victim's Family
Others
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"Germs" (''Invader Zim''), an episode of ''Invader Zim''
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''The Germ'' (periodical), a British art magazine published in 1850
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The Germs (comics), a comic strip
* "The Germ", an
episode of ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero''
Other uses
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Germ, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department of southwestern France
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Germ Hofma (born 1925), Dutch football player in the 1940s and 1950s
See also
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Germination
Germination is the process by which an organism grows from a seed or spore. The term is applied to the sprouting of a seedling from a seed of an angiosperm or gymnosperm, the growth of a sporeling from a spore, such as the spores of fungi, fe ...
, the process by which an organism grows from a seed or similar structure
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Stem cell
In multicellular organisms, stem cells are undifferentiated or partially differentiated cells that can differentiate into various types of cells and proliferate indefinitely to produce more of the same stem cell. They are the earliest type of ...
, biological cells that can differentiate into other types of cells
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Germans
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