germ

/dʒɜːm/ noun

Translation

› [C] a very small living thing that causes disease

mikrop

Wash your hands before cooking so that you don't spread germs.45

the germ of sth › the beginning of something

birşeyin başlangıcı/kaynağı/tohumu

the germ of a brilliant idea2170

(Definition of germ noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...

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