What does germ mean in crosswords?

germ means: a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

Which crossword clues can have germ as the answer?

Possible clues for germ include "Tiny pathogen".

germ is also used as a crossword clue. The answer is often pathogen, 8 letters.

Word entry · 4 letters

Best crossword clue

"Tiny pathogen"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /d͡ʒɜːm/Part of speech nounSorted egmrStarts with GEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word

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"germ" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often pathogen (8 letters).

a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen.

“surgical removal of germs of wisdom teeth”
“'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'”
“the germ of civil liberty”

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