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Webster 1913 Edition
Germinal
1.
Pertaining or belonging to a germ;
as, the
. germinal
vesicleGerminal layers
(Biol.)
, the two layers of cells, the ectoblast and entoblast, which form respectively the outer covering and inner wall of the gastrula. A third layer of cells, the mesoblast, which is formed later and lies between these two, is sometimes included.
– Germinal membrane
. (Biol.)
Same as
– Blastoderm
. Germinal spot
(Biol.)
, the nucleolus of the ovum.
– Germinal vesicle
, (Biol.)
, the nucleus of the ovum of animals.
Gerˊmi-nal′
,Noun.
[F. See
Germ
.] The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 – 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See
Vendémiaire
. Webster 1828 Edition
Germinal
GERM'INAL
,Adj.