Embryo
31embryo — em|bry|o [ˈembriəu US briou] n plural embryos [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: Greek embryon, from bryein to swell ] 1.) an animal or human that has not yet been born, and has just begun to develop →↑foetus 2.) in embryo …
32embryo — em|bry|o [ embri,ou ] noun count 1. ) an animal or human before it is born, when it is beginning to develop and grow 2. ) the beginning of something such as a plan or idea: Planning is still in its embryo stages. in embryo 1. ) in the early stage …
33embryo — [16] The idea underlying embryo is of ‘growing within’. The word comes from Greek émbruon, a compound verb formed from the prefix en ‘in’ and the verb brúein ‘swell, grow’, which meant literally ‘something that grows inside the body’. English… …
34embryo — noun plural embryos (C) 1 an animal or human that has not yet been born, and is in its first state of development in the mother s body compare foetus 2 in embryo not yet complete, but still developing: His plans were still in embryo …
35Embryo — der Embryo, s (Mittelstufe) Lebewesen in der frühen Form der Entwicklung, Keim Beispiel: Die befruchtete Eizelle entwickelt sich zu einem Embryo …
36embryo — [16] The idea underlying embryo is of ‘growing within’. The word comes from Greek émbruon, a compound verb formed from the prefix en ‘in’ and the verb brúein ‘swell, grow’, which meant literally ‘something that grows inside the body’. English… …
37embryo — n. (pl. os) 1 a an unborn or unhatched offspring. b a human offspring in the first eight weeks from conception. 2 a rudimentary plant contained in a seed. 3 a thing in a rudimentary stage. 4 (attrib.) undeveloped, immature. Phrases and idioms: in …
38embryo- — a combining form representing embryo in compound words: embryology. Also, esp. before a vowel, embry . * * * …
39embryo — noun /ˈɛmbɹiəʊ/ a) In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a foetus. it dives into the heart of the observed, and there espies evil, as it were, in the first embryo [...] b) An… …
40Embryo — The organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation from fertilization to, in humans, the beginning of the third month of pregnancy. After that point in time, it is termed a fetus. * * * 1. An organism in the early stages of… …
