GERMOGEN

n. Ju5rm'o-je2n. From germen, a germ, and genere, to engender. 1. Of Balfour, a nucleated ma of protoplasm (syncytium) in which cell outlines are apparently absent, but which ultimately divides into ova. 2. Of Jigima, one of the ma es of more or le distinct cells which ultimately become ova. [J, 1: "Quart. Jour, of Micr. Sci.," 18S2, p. 203 (J).J [s. 177]