Resembling or having the characteristics of a germ, either a microorganism or the beginning stage of something.
From germ with the compound suffix -like (Old English gelīc), which means 'similar to' or 'having the form of,' commonly used to create descriptive adjectives.
Germlike particles in microscope images were humanity's first glimpse of the invisible world of bacteria—those early scientists realized that an entire universe of life existed in drops of water.
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