germ cell
noun Biology.
the sexual reproductive cell at any stage from the primordial cell to the mature gamete.
Origin of germ cell
First recorded in 1850–55
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germ cell
n.
An ovum or a sperm cell or one of their developmental precursors.
sex cell
Scientific definitions for germ cell
germ cell
One of the diploid cells in the reproductive organs of a multicellular organism that undergo division and are the precursors of haploid gametes, such as a spermatogonium or oogonium.
See gamete.