germogen

English

Etymology

From germ +‎ -o- +‎ -gen.

Noun

germogen (plural germogens)

1. (biology) A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed.
2. (biology) The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms.

Quotations

• 1880-1881, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology

  The points which have been especially controverted are ( 1 ) the relation of the ovum to the germogen , and ( 2 ) the relation of the nutritive or yolk - cells to the ovum

References

• “germogen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.