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Definition of Germ cell
1. Noun. A spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation.
Generic synonyms: Cell
Specialized synonyms: Gamete
Group relationships: Genital System, Reproductive System
Definition of Germ cell
1. Noun. (cytology) A cell that is part of the germ line: a gametocyte, an ovum or a sperm cell. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Germ cell
1. Cell specialised to produce haploid gametes. The germ cell line is often formed very early in embryonic development. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Germ Cell
Literary usage of Germ cell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"The germ cell has a certain highly complex constitution, the adult organism
another such constitution, and between the two is no simple one-to-one ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"These supposed that the germ-cell contained an ... every part of the organism,
and thus, on the call of special conditions, can become a germ-cell again. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"Correns does not regard a hermaphrodite individual as a "mosaic" derived from
the union of a germ-cell of male tendency with one of female tendency. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"As it ii for the germ-cell to be, as it were of the whole body, and for all the
body to dispatch particles to th ..."
5. The Germ-plasm: A Theory of Heredity by August Weismann (1893)
"... two sets of primary constituents occurs, and the first primary germ- cell (ur
ffz) is formed. So much is certain, and does not depend on any hypothesis. ..."
6. Applied Eugenics by Roswell Hill Johnson, Paul Bowman Popenoe (1918)
"Generation is conceived as a direct chain: the body produces the germ-cell which
produces another body which in turn produces another germ-cell, and so on. ..."
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