English

Adjective

subgerminal ‎(not comparable)

1. (biology) Below the germinal disc.
   • 2000, Richard Grossinger, Phoebe Gloeckner, Jillian O'Malley, Embryogenesis: Species, Gender, and Identity (page 179)

     Even before a chicken egg is laid, cells with greater amounts of yolk begin falling into a subgerminal cavity beneath the blastoderm.