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GERMY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Full of germs or pathological microorganisms

Example:

the water in New York harbor is oily and dirty and germy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unsterilised; unsterilized (not sterilized)

Also:

infected; septic (containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms)

Antonym:

germfree (free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile)

Derivation:

germ (a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use)

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