Embryo

  • 121embryo — I. n. 1. Germ, rudiment, embryon. 2. Rudimentary state, first stage, beginning. II. a. Embryotic, embryonic, embryon, embryonal, embryonate, embryous, rudimentary, undeveloped …

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  • 122embryo —   In seeds, diploid tissue arising from the zygote, until the time of germination …

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  • 123embryo — n 1. germ, fetus; nucleus, egg, ovum; seed, seedling, sprout. 2. origin, genesis, incipience; square A, rudiments, beginnings; start, commencement …

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  • 124embryo — em·bryo …

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  • 125embryo — n. an animal at an early stage of development, before birth. In humans the term refers to the products of conception within the uterus up to the eighth week of development, during which time all the main organs are formed. Compare fetus.… …

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  • 126embryo — [ˈembriˌəʊ] noun [C] an animal or human before it is born, when it is beginning to develop and grow …

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  • 127embryo — /ˈɛmbrioʊ / (say embreeoh) noun (plural embryos) 1. an organism in the earlier stages of its development, as before emergence from the egg or before metamorphosis. 2. (among mammals and other viviparous animals) a young animal during its earlier… …

  • 128embryo — em|bryo (el. embryon) sb., et, er, erne (foster; kim til en plante) …

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