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subgerminal

adj

Etymology

From sub- + germinal.

  1. derived from *ǵénh₁mn̥✻ — “offspring”, “seed”
  2. derived from *genamen✻
  3. derived from germen
  4. borrowed from germe
  5. prefixed as subgerminal — “sub + germinal”

Definitions

  1. Below the germinal disc.

    • Even before a chicken egg is laid, cells with greater amounts of yolk begin falling into a subgerminal cavity beneath the blastoderm.

The neighborhood

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