germogen
English
Etymology
germ + -o- + -gen
Noun
germogen (plural germogens)
- (biology) A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed.
- (biology) The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms.
Quotations
- 1880-1881, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology
- The points which have been especially controverted are ( 1 ) the relation of the ovum to the germogen , and ( 2 ) the relation of the nutritive or yolk - cells to the ovum
References
- germogen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913