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germ

[jurm] / dʒɜrm /




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It would be the dark and brooding Germ Warfare Shot.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Germ cells, the cells that form the sperm and the egg, are also subject to mutations, which can be particularly consequential since such changes can be passed along to the next generation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Germ theory had not yet gained widespread acceptance; instead, the longstanding theory of miasma held that disease was the result of “bad air.”

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2023

Germ cells are capable of mitosis to perpetuate the cell line and meiosis to produce gametes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

I sit back, and above my desk are the storyboard Post-its for Germ.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven




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