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GERMINAL
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I. (noun)
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Containing seeds of later development
Example:
seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another
Synonyms:
germinal; originative; seminal
Classified under:
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:
An activated B-lymphocyte found in the germinal centers.
(Centroblast, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 5 protein, is involved in the modulation of T cell-dependent immunoglobulin class switching, memory B cell development, and germinal center formation.
(CD40 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Expression of BCL6 in some B-cells early in the antigen response may skew them toward a germinal center fate, away from a plasma cell fate.
(BCL6 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
A collection of mitochondria, germinal plasm and fragments of both the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi that is found next to the nucleus during early stages of oocyte development.
(Balbiani Body, NCI Thesaurus)
Centroblastic/centriocytic, follicular center cell, from germinal center B cells
(Follicular B Cell Lymphoma of the Mouse Hematologic System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Cells with extensive dendritic processes found in the B-cell areas (primary follicles and germinal centers) of lymphoid tissue.
(Murine Follicular Dendritic Cells, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A lymphocyte derived most often from a pre-germinal center B cell, less often from a post-germinal center B cell.
(Monocytoid B-Lymphocyte, NCI Thesaurus)
Hyperplasia of the germinal centers resulting in the enlargement of the lymph node.
(Follicular Lymph Node Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
Discrete aggregates of lymphoid white blood cells, some with germinal centers and surrounding fibrosis, commonly found around some colorectal adenocarcinomas in the absence of a clinical or pathological diagnosis of Crohn disease.
(Crohn Disease-Like Reaction, NCI Dictionary)
It is characterized by the presence of various tissues which correspond to the different germinal layers (endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm).
(Ovarian Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus)
