germnoun(ORGANISM)
C1[ C usually plural ]
a very small organism that causes disease:
Wash your hands so you don't get germs on the food.
spread germs Rats and flies spread germs.
a very small organism that causes disease:
Wash your hands so you don't get germs on the food.
spread germs Rats and flies spread germs.
a very small organism that causes disease:
The patient has little natural resistance to germs.
the origin of something that develops, esp. a cell from which grain grows or the beginning of an idea:
Alejandro’s suggestion was the germ of an idea.