1. Anything that provides inspiration for later work
   - source, seed 
2. A small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism 
3. A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
   - microbe, bug 
4. (mathematics) an equivalence class of functions that are the same in a neighbourhood around a given point

Derived forms: germs

See also: germinal, germinate, germy

Type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, inspiration, microorganism, micro-organism, structure

Encyclopedia: Germ, France Germ Germ, Hautes-Pyrénées Germ, Hautes-Pyrenees

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