- plural of germ.
germs
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Germs can live for hours outside the body on surfaces.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2023
Germs don’t magically jump from the toilet seat to the urinary tract, she explains.
From Slate • Oct. 12, 2022
Workers unexpectedly unearthed hundreds of bone fragments from unmarked graves, prompting the newspaper headline “Hideous Germs Lurk in Underground Air.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2022
Germs are thought to rarely seep through gowns and sicken the wearer, but with gowns used constantly in hospitals every day, even a small gap in protection could be magnified millions of times over.
From Scientific American • Jul. 5, 2022
I don’t like any germs, but these are Jerk Germs.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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