Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A syncytium or nucleated mass of protoplasm from which the reproductive or germ-cells arise. The germogen is clearly seen in the ovaries of insects.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed.
- noun The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms.
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- noun biology A
polynuclear mass ofprotoplasm , not divided into separatecells , from which certainova are developed. - noun biology The
primitive cell in certainembryonic forms.
Etymologies
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germ + -gen.
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