embryo
IPA: ˈɛmbrioʊ
noun
- In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
- An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
- In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
- In humans, usually the cell growth of the child within the mother's body, through the end of the seventh week of pregnancy
- (botany) A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
- (figurative) The beginning; the first stage of anything.
Advertisement
Examples of "embryo" in Sentences
- The seed contains the plant embryo.
- The embryo develops on the side of the yolk.
- This determines the genetic sex of the embryo.
- Embryos feed on the yolk of the egg until they hatch.
- That's related to regulation of the gene in the embryo.
- The embryos were then transferred to the surrogate dogs.
- Doctors impregnate women with embryos of the favored gender.
- The life of the embryo, human being, starts as of fecundation.
- At this stage of prenatal development, the embryo is a blastocyst.
- It is an adaption of the uterus to enable implantation of the embryo.
Advertisement
Advertisement