germ
Example Sentences
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Take, for example, Kennedy’s staunch rejection of germ theory in favor of “miasma theory.”
From Salon
The Aztec emperor Montezuma, one could say, was dethroned not so much by Cortés as by Old World germs and New World enemies.
Perhaps, in human culture, and especially in the transmission of ideas through language, we have already created a new germ line, one that transcends individuals and even DNA.
All tests that used animals to check for dangerous germs in medicine will also be done with cell and gene technologies, the government says.
From BBC
Research shows that it has a higher germ concentration than a toilet seat.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
