germ cell

noun

Biology.

1. the sexual reproductive cell at any stage from the primordial cell to the mature gamete.

germ cell

noun

1. a sexual reproductive cell; gamete Compare somatic cell

germ cell

1. 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.

2. See gamete

Word History and Origins

Origin of germ cell¹

First recorded in 1850–55