Synonyms and Antonyms for germ-cell
1. germ cell (n.)
a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation
4. cell (n.)
(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
- Leydig's cell
- cytoplasm
- being
- cell membrane
- cell organ
- mother cell
- zygote
- fertilized ovum
- acaryote
- blastema
- sex cell
- organelle
- cell nucleus
- vegetative cell
- fibre
- vacuole
- arthrospore
- plasma membrane
- protoplast
- polar body
- akaryocyte
- somatic cell
- blastomere
- akaryote
- karyon
- reproductive cell
- germ cell
- daughter cell
- cytol
- fiber
- archespore
- living thing
- energid
- archesporium
- Sertoli's cell
- animate thing
- cell organelle
- nucleus
- embryonic cell
- Leydig cell
- Kupffer's cell
- recombinant
- parthenote
- plant cell
- gametocyte
- beta cell
- cytomembrane
- formative cell
- flagellated cell
- Sertoli cell
- organism
5. germ (n.)
anything that provides inspiration for later work
6. cell (n.)
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
7. germ (n.)
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
8. germ (n.)
a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
9. cell (n.)
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
10. cell (n.)
a room where a prisoner is kept
