(n.) That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears.
(n.) That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty.
(v. i.) To germinate.
Example Sentences:
(1) One thing seems to be noteworthy in their opinion: the bacterial resistance of the germs isolated from the urine is bigger than the one of the germs isolated from the respiratory apparatus.
(2) Diplotene spermatocytes have the largest nuclei of all germ cells.
(3) However in the deciduous teeth from which the successional tooth germs were removed, the processes of tooth resorption was very different in individuals, the difference between tooth resorption in normal occlusal force and in decreased occlusal force was not clear.
(4) RNA transcribed in vitro from the early region of bacteriophage T3 or T7 was translated by cytoplasmic ribosomes which synthesized protein in cell-free systems prepared from mammalian cells and wheat germ.
(5) The epithelium of Brunner's gland stained intensely with Ricinus communis agglutinin-I (RCA-I), succinylated-WGA (S-WGA) and wheat-germ agglutinin (WGA), moderately with Bandeirea simplicifolia agglutinin-I (BS-I), Concanavalia ensiformis agglutinin (Con A) peanut agglutinin (PNA) and Ulex europaeus agglutinin-I (UEA-I) and occasionally with Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA), Lens culinaris agglutinin (LCA) and soybean agglutinin (SBA).
(6) They included lectins such as wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), concanavalin A and phytohemagglutinin, and a chemical cross-linker, glutaraldehyde, in addition to anti-IL-2R monoclonal antibodies, HIEI and H-47.
(7) In contrast, in primordial follicles, FSH was restricted to the germ cell but was present in both the oocyte cytoplasm and germinal vesicle.
(8) Two lectins, wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and peanut agglutinin (PNA), were used to compare domains within the interphotoreceptor matrices (IPM) of the cat and monkey, two species where the morphological relationship between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors is distinctly different.
(9) At first, immunofluorescence demonstrated the presence of laminin-binding sites at the surface of germ tubes.
(10) Mutant alleles of rutabaga act in the germ line cells to partially suppress the developmental defects caused by dunce mutations.
(11) Comparison of the native and derivatized wheat germ CaMs with native bovine testis CaM indicates that the concentrations of these proteins required for half-maximal stimulation of either erythrocyte membrane Ca2+-ATPase activity or cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum phosphorylation are very similar.
(12) In particular, poorly differentiated carcinomas at this site should be treated as germ cell tumors, and so long-term survival will be attainable.
(13) The tissues were derived from the three germ layers and were prevalently mature; only a bit of them was represented by embryonic mesenchymal tissue.
(14) Of the strains tested, only the germ-free ND 1 mouse appeared to be susceptible to infection, and this was confined to the stomach mucosa; lesions contained large numbers of hyphal and mycelial forms with blastospores.
(15) The 5'-terminal methylated cap (m7G(5')ppp(5')Gm) in reovirus messenger RNA comprises part of the ribosomes binding site, since attachment of 40 S wheat germ ribosomal subunits to reovirus small (s), medium (m), and large (l) RNA classes conferred almost complete protection of the cap against RNase digestion.
(16) Strains of C. albicans differing in their abilities to secrete proteinase in vitro and to produce germ tube were inoculated onto the skin surface of newborn mice, and the invasion of the yeast cells into the horny layer was examined by histological techniques.
(17) Fragments of lyophilized pigskin were used as 'germ carriers' and after 24 h of treatment the effectiveness of the antimicrobial creams was tested through the evaluation of bacterial recovery both from the surface and from within the 'germ carriers'.
(18) glp-4(bn2ts) mutant worms raised at the restrictive temperature contain approximately 12 germ nuclei, in contrast to the 700-1000 present in wild-type adults.
(19) Injection of the tracer substance wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase (WGA-HRP) directly into the basilar pontine nuclei using a ventral surgical approach resulted in the labeling of somata in many areas both rostral and caudal to the basilar pons.
(20) This correlation suggests that dominant lethal mutations in embryos and translocations in germ cells both result from similar radiation-induced chromosome damage.
Gery
Definition:
(a.) Changeable; fickle.
Example Sentences:
(1) The new instrument, called the GERI-AIMS, generates both generic and arthritis-specific impairment scores, to control for comorbid conditions that are commonly found in an older population.
(2) Then will come speculation that Wade-Gery is too old to be a mother, or that her maternity leave is too short, or that it is too long and the corporate world can’t do without her for that long and that that’s why you shouldn’t have women at the top in business at all.
(3) Even Benedict Cumberbatch wasn’t too cool and private to announce his engagement in the Times, although I’m not sure how he feels about that decision now that Geri Halliwell has followed his lead .
(4) Wade-Gery, multichannel director of UK retail and online operations, will receive a payoff worth up to £2.4m in cash and shares, although only about £560,000 of that is guaranteed and the rest dependent on the performance of M&S over the next few years.
(5) "Continuing from Andrew Fletcher's comforting reassurance that you could be El-Hadji Diouf," writes the elegantly-monickered Leticia L'Amour, "just think: you could also be Paul Burrell, Michael Jackson, One True Voice, Gary Glitter, Glenn Roeder, Geri Halliwell's dog, a Stoke City fan, an estate agent, allergic to cheese, Liam Gallagher's anger management counsellor, Liam Gallagher..." By God, she's right.
(6) I wish Steve and all my colleagues and friends every success.” Wade-Gery will step down from M&S’s board with immediate effect and formally leave the company at the end of September.
(7) Marks & Spencer has confirmed that Laura Wade-Gery, one of the UK’s few female FTSE 100 board directors, will not be returning from maternity leave and is to exit the company at the end of September.
(8) Gery scale transformation improved image quality for the detection of gastric lesions.
(9) Having done a spot of Googling, I learn that it was also the year that Geri Halliwell left the Spice Girls, arguably a misstep in her career which she may now be considering applying to have concealed.
(10) The public announcement of her four-month maternity leave was made by Marks & Spencer , where Wade-Gery has worked for four years and is now a senior director.
(11) Geri Halliwell: 'Feminism is bra-burning lesbianism,' she once said.
(12) Yes, Next, a beacon of high-street fanciness in the 1980s, which now employs Geri Halliwell as a designer.
(13) We wish her all the very best for the future.” Wade-Gery’s exit comes as Rowe tries to slim down M&S’s head office operations and cut costs as he battles to turn things around after the retailer’s biggest fall in clothing sales since the 2008 banking crisis .
(14) The effects of IL-1 include augmentation of T and B lymphocyte proliferation (Oppenheim and Gery 1982), but also mitogenic effects on a wide variety of other cells such as fibroblasts (Libby et al.
(15) They saw the clips wearing Gerard Deulofeu’s top and Geri could not wait to prepare a little present for him.
(16) As a group, and despite Geri's jawdropping cleavage, they were strangely sexless.
(17) I found my people, finally.” She cackles at the memories: the times she would drive down the motorway with Geri, both of them topless; the drinking, the clubbing, the fights.
(18) If you ever want to measure precisely how little of a toss we give about Africa, just consider that the UN's answer to the crisis in sub-Saharan maternal healthcare is Ms Geri Halliwell.
(19) We need an answer now | Joseph Harker Read more The announcement of Wade-Gery’s maternity leave prompted the usual disapproving voices, with their thinly veiled warnings (which are nothing more than criticisms) about career women who “delay” having babies, as though having babies is our written destiny and having a career is a selfish indulgence we have just taken too far – and we’ll be sorry.
(20) The News of the World even linked him to former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell in a "whirlwind romance" in 2007.