subgerminal

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adjective

Below the germinal disc.

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Meanings

adjectivesubgerminal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyBelow 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.

    2000, Richard Grossinger, Phoebe Gloeckner, Jillian O'Malley, Embryogenesis: Species, Gender, and Identity, page 179

Origin

From sub- + germinal.

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APA

subgerminal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgerminal

MLA

“subgerminal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgerminal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subgerminal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgerminal.

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