germ

germen, microbio

Ser vivo diminuto, o virus, que puede causar enfermedades.

En inglés sencillo: A very small living thing, or a virus, that can cause illness.

• Soap helps remove germs from your hands.
• Coughing can spread germs through the air.
• This cleaner kills most household germs.

Sinónimos: pathogen

Expresiones frecuentes: kill a germ, spread a germ, harmful germ

germen, semilla

Primera idea o comienzo pequeño a partir del cual se desarrolla algo mayor.

En inglés sencillo: The first small idea or beginning from which something bigger develops.

• I have the germ of an idea.
• Her dream provided the germ of the story.
• Those early notes contained the germs of several later projects.

Cómo se usa: germ of something (That conversation contained the germ of a new project.)

Sinónimos: seed, beginning, origin

Expresiones frecuentes: germ of something, germ of an idea, germ of a plan

germen, embrión

Parte de una semilla que puede crecer hasta convertirse en una nueva planta.

En inglés sencillo: The part of a seed that can grow into a new plant.

• She adds wheat germ to her breakfast.
• The germ can grow into a new plant.
• Processing the grain removes much of its germ.

Sinónimos: embryo

Expresiones frecuentes: wheat germ, seed germ, germ oil

germen, primordio

Pequeño grupo de células del que se desarrolla una parte del cuerpo o un nuevo ser vivo.

En inglés sencillo: A small group of cells from which a body part or a new living thing develops.

• The tooth germ forms beneath the gum.
• The surgeon removed a wisdom tooth germ.
• These germs develop into different parts of the organism.

Cómo se usa: germ of something (The scan showed the germ of a developing tooth.)

Sinónimos: primordium, bud

Expresiones frecuentes: tooth germ, developing germ, germ of something