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germ-history

germ-history is the alternative form of germ history.

Meaning of germ history

Noun

germ history (countable and uncountable, plural germ histories)

  1. (historical, rare, theory of recapitulation) Ontogeny, specifically as a supposed recapitulation of phylogeny.
    Antonyms:
    tribal history

Forms of germ-history

pluralgerm-histories

Questions about germ-history

What is germ-history the alternative form of?
Germ-history is the alternative form of germ history.

Words near germ-history in the dictionary

  1. germ tube
  2. germ tubes
  3. germ warfare
  4. germ-free
  5. germ-histories
  6. germ-history
  7. germ-plasm
  8. germ-ridden
  9. Germ.
  10. germacradienol
  11. germacranolide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: germ-history (page history and authors); germ history (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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