subgerminal

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English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ germinal.

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.

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