GERM

n. Jusrm. (Jr., 0Aa<rr<fc. Lat., germen. Fr, ger me. Ger., Keim (1st def.), Fruchtknoten (2d def.), Fruchtknopf. It., ger me. Sp., germen, brote. 1. The primitive rudiment of an animal or vegetable organism, of a particular part of such organism, or of anything* material or of the nature of a proce ) that may be developed. 2. In botany, the ovary, the embryo, or the bud. [a, 24.] Common enamel g. See under Enamel g. Dental g. Lat., germen dentale. Fr., ger me dentaire. Ger., Zalmkrim. An embryonic tooth. [J, 33.] See Dental FOLLICLE. Disease g's. Micro-organisms to which, or to certain products of their proce es of growth, various infectious diseases are attributed. Enamel g. Fr, ger me de Vemail. Ger., Schmelzkeim, Of Kolliker (1863). the invagination or downward growth of the Malpighiau layer of the oral epithelium along the line of the jaws. By special growth at various points it appears to become divided into segments, each of which becomes the enamel of a tooth. The entire downward growth of epithelium before it has divided into segments is sometimes known as the common enamel g. After it has divided into segments, each segment is known as a special enamel g. [J.] See also Enamel ORGAN. Featherg. Fr., ger me de la plume. In birds, a papillar elevation of the dermal ti ue in the region where a feather is found, forming an elongated cone with a pointed apex which subsequently gives rise to the feather follicle, [o, 27.] Flesh g. See SARCOPHYTE. G.-disc, G. hill. See Discus pro liger us. Special enamel g. See under Enamel g. [s. 176]