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GERMINAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Germinal mean?
• GERMINAL (noun)
The noun GERMINAL has 1 sense:
1. seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds
Familiarity information: GERMINAL used as a noun is very rare.
• GERMINAL (adjective)
The adjective GERMINAL has 1 sense:
1. containing seeds of later development
Familiarity information: GERMINAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Germinal" is a kind of...):
Revolutionary calendar month (a month in the Revolutionary calendar)
Holonyms ("Germinal" is a part of...):
Revolutionary calendar (the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Containing seeds of later development
Synonyms:
germinal; originative; seminal
Context example:
seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another
Similar:
original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)
Derivation:
germ (anything that provides inspiration for later work)
Context examples
A mature naive B-lymphocyte in the germinal center of secondary lymphoid organ that has had contact with an antigen and a helper T-cell.
(Mature B-Lymphocyte at the Germinal Center Stage of Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)
The portion of the lymph node that contains nodules with germinal centers where B lymphocyte mature into plasma cells after activation.
(Lymph Node Cortex, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of centrocyte-like cells surrounding germinal centers.
(Liver Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare type of thymoma characterized by the presence of multiple, well formed epithelial nodules separated by a lymphocytic stroma that usually contains germinal centers.
(Micronodular Thymoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is found in peripheral blood, lymph nodes and secondary lymphoid organs, but has not moved into the germinal center of lymphoid organs.
(Naive Pregerminal Center B-Lymphocyte, NCI Thesaurus)
Morphologically there is often progressive transformation of the germinal centers.
(Pediatric Nodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Activation of cyclin B-Cdc2 causes breakdown of the germinal vesicle and the initiation of oocyte maturation.
(Oocyte Maturation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
It is characterized by the formation of a single or several nodules that are composed of lymphocytic infiltrates with reactive germinal centers.
(Nodular Lymphoid Hyperplasia of Lung, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the formation of nodular lymphocytic aggregates of atypical clear cells, either within the lymphoid follicles in a background of progressive transformation of germinal centers, or in the perifollicular areas.
(Follicular Variant Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Intraventricular hemorrhage of the newborn that is limited to the germinal matrix.
(Grade 1 Intraventricular Hemorrhage of the Newborn, NCI Thesaurus)
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