Subgerminal

Origin

- + germinal

Full definition of subgerminal

Adjective

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.