Germ or germs may refer to:
Science
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Germ (microorganism), an informal word for a pathogen
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Germ cell, cell that gives rise to the gametes of an organism that reproduces sexually
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Germ layer, a primary layer of cells that forms during embryonic development
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Cereal germ
Cereal germ or Wheat germ:
The germ of a cereal is the reproductive part that germinates to grow into a plant; it is the embryo of the seed. Along with bran, germ is often a by-product of the milling that produces refined grain products. Ce ...
, the reproductive part of a cereal grain
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Tooth germ, an aggregation of cells that eventually forms a tooth
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Germ theory of disease
The germ theory of disease is the currently accepted scientific theory for many diseases. It states that microorganisms known as pathogens or "germs" can lead to disease. These small organisms, too small to be seen without magnification, invade ...
, which states that some diseases are caused by microorganisms
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Germ (mathematics)
In mathematics, the notion of a germ of an object in/on a topological space is an equivalence class of that object and others of the same kind that captures their shared local properties. In particular, the objects in question are mostly functio ...
, an object in a topological space that captures local properties
Art and media
Music
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Germs (band)
The Germs were an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, originally active from 1976 to 1980. The band's "classic" lineup consisted of singer Darby Crash, guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Lorna Doom and drummer Don Bolles. They relea ...
, an American punk rock band
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Germ (musician)
Tim Wright has been active as a musician and composer since the early 1990s, working predominantly at the experimental end of the spectrum of electronica and dance music. Besides his birth name, Wright has worked under various names, most notabl ...
, a stage name of Tim Wright
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Germ (rapper), an American rapper affiliated with
Suicideboys
Suicideboys (stylized as $uicideboy$) is an American hip hop duo from New Orleans, Louisiana, founded in 2014 by cousins Ruby da Cherry and Scrim (stylized as $crim). Via the music sharing platform SoundCloud, the duo rose to popularity for th ...
and
Pouya
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"Germs" (song), by "Weird Al" Yankovic
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''The Germ'' (album), by Victim's Family
Others
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"Germs" (''Invader Zim''), an episode of ''Invader Zim''
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''The Germ'' (periodical), a British art magazine published in 1850
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The Germs (comics), a comic strip
* "The Germ", an
episode of ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero''
Other uses
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Germ, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department of southwestern France
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Germ Hofma (born 1925), Dutch football player in the 1940s and 1950s
See also
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Germination, the process by which an organism grows from a seed or similar structure
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Stem cell, biological cells that can differentiate into other types of cells
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Germans
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