germy
Crawling with microbes
Germy means covered with or likely to harbor germs—microorganisms that cause disease.
The word is informal and often reflects squeamishness rather than actual contamination: Don't touch that, it's germy.
Children hear it frequently: Wash your germy hands before dinner.
A germy environment suggests uncleanliness or contagion risk.
Able to spread disease
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- spreadingExtending over space
- contaminatedMade impure by contact
- catchingAble to be transmitted
communicable · transmissible · airborne · viral · bacterial · unsanitary · unhygienic · sickly
infectious
Able to spread disease
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- spreadingExtending over space
- contaminatedMade impure by contact
catching · communicable · transmissible · airborne · viral · bacterial · unsanitary · unhygienic · sickly · diseased
bacteria
Nucleus-free single-celled organisms
- microbesMicroscopic living organisms
- pathogensDisease-causing microorganisms
- virusesSubmicroscopic infectious particles
germs · microorganisms · bugs · cooties · parasites · fungi · spores · cultures · microscopic · bacterial
surfaces
Outer layers or appears
- doorknobsRotating latching mechanisms
- handlesGrasping parts or manages
- keyboardsButton grids for input
phones · toilets · handrails · playground · daycare · hospital · subway · shared · touched · unwashed
- cleanlinessclean, cleanliness, clean up, dirty, neatness
- germ theoryDisease caused by microorganisms
- wheat germEmbryo of cereal grain
- germ warfareCombat using disease agents
- germination ratesPercentage of seeds sprouting
- germ transfer
- germ theory of diseaseIllness from microscopic organisms
germ, germinate, germination, germinating, germinal, germinations