Germ cell Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation
    sex cell; reproductive cell.

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Definitions
  1. (Biol.), the germ, egg, spore, or cell from which the plant or animal arises. At one time a part of the body of the parent, it finally becomes detached,and by a process of multiplication and growth gives rise to a mass of cells, which ultimately form a new individual like the parent. See Ovum.

Webster 1913