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germline

noun

Etymology

From germ + line.

  1. derived from linea
  2. derived from ligne
  3. derived from *līno-✻
  4. inherited from *līną✻
  5. inherited from *līnǭ✻
  6. inherited from *līnā✻
  7. inherited from līne
  8. inherited from line
  9. compounded as germline — “germ + line”

Definitions

  1. Those cells of an individual that have genetic material that could be passed to offspring

    Those cells of an individual that have genetic material that could be passed to offspring; the source of gametes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for germline. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA