noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
biological/germ warfare (= using dangerous bacteria or illnesses as a weapon )
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These bacteria might be used in biological warfare.
germ warfare
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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cell
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When such changes are induced in the germ cells , they may be transmitted to descendants of the irradiated persons.
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Later, however, these germ cells undergo meiosis, to produce gametes.
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Then, with luck, some of the reintroduced, transformed cells will differentiate to form germ cells in that embryo.
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The adult worm is about 1 millimetre long and consists of only about 1000 body cells and thousands of germ cells.
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If this happens in a germ cell , it has the chance of being passed on to future generations.
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This pathway is fully operational in germ cells , where it has been implicated in both fertilization and early development.
line
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But germ lines can deteriorate and cause extinction of lineages.
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A sharp distinction between soma and germ line makes it possible to prevent acquired characters from being transmitted.
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The soma is mortal, but the germ line potentially immortal.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cover your mouth when you cough so you won't spread germs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It can be caused by several different germs.
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It kills the germs as well, leaving the whole area clean and hygienic.
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Many of the germs that cause disease pass from our hands into our mouths; so can environmental metal toxins like lead.
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She wasn't allowed in crowded places where there might be germs.
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That lofty notion spread like a virulent germ into every law school in the nation.
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These germs are small outgrowths on the skin arranged locally in a hexagonal pattern.
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Yet there is a germ of truth in what Hadi says.