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gerenuk
  • n  slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns
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gerfalcon
  • n  large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases
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gerhard gerhards
  • n  Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)
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gerhard herzberg
  • n  Canadian physicist (born in Germany) noted for contributions to understanding the structure of molecules (born in 1904)
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gerhard kremer
  • n  Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594)
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geriatrics
  • n  the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people
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germ
  • n  anything that provides inspiration for later work
  • n  a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
  • n  a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
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germ cell
  • n  a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation
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germ layer
  • n  (embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation
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germ plasm
  • n  the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
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germ pore
  • n  a pore in the outer wall of a spore or pollen grain through which the germ tube or pollen tube makes its exit on germination
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germ theory
  • n  (medicine) the theory that all contagious diseases are caused by microorganisms
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