germs

1. Microorganisms that can cause disease or infection.

Example Sentences

School and nursery can be like a petri dish with lots of viruses circulating and they may well bring these germs home with them.

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It helps avoid the potential problem of cross contamination and germs from double-dippers and just in general everyone taking from the same plates.

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However, the FDA said freezing doesn’t kill all harmful germs, so the safest route is to thoroughly cook your seafood.

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They must go through heat treatment, which is meant to kill germs, and come with health certificates signed by vets.

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Since Covid she is afraid of leaving the house due to "fear of germs".

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Related Words

• bug 
• disease 
• epidemic 
• flu 
• pollution 
• virus