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germinal definition

ger·mi·nal (jʉr′mə nəl)

adjective

  1. of, like, or characteristic of germs or germ cells
  2. in an embryonic stage; in the first stage of growth or development

Etymology: Fr < ML germinalis < L germen (gen. germinis): see germ

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