germs

1. Microorganisms that can cause disease or infection.

Example Sentences

The Aztec emperor Montezuma, one could say, was dethroned not so much by Cortés as by Old World germs and New World enemies.

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All tests that used animals to check for dangerous germs in medicine will also be done with cell and gene technologies, the government says.

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And, finally, to create a further barrier for germs, he suggests directing the air nozzle between you and the person next to you.

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My mother deemed it unsanitary, lamenting that those infamous basins of water were filled with saliva and oral germs galore.

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Ball said these recommendations are based in part on the fact that by the time a child becomes symptomatic, they’ve probably already been contagious for a few days and shared their germs far and wide.

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Related Words

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