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- DictionaryEm·bry·o/ˈembrēˌō/
noun
- 1. an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization (after which it is usually termed a fetus).
- 2. a thing at a rudimentary stage that shows potential for development: "a simple commodity economy is merely the embryo of a capitalist economy"
Jul 6, 2017 · Embryo Definition. An embryo refers to the early developmental stage of eukaryotic organisms following the fertilization of an egg (derived from a female) by sperm (derived from a male) as a method of sexual reproduction. In animals, the initial diploid cell that results from the fusion of the egg and the sperm contains half the genetic ...
Aug 13, 2023 · Biology definition: An embryo is the stage of early development after fertilization up to the phase of initial organogenesis. It may also pertain to the multicellular organism itself that undergoes extensive and rapid growth and cell differentiation during the early stage of development.
a human being or animal in an early stage of development, either in its mother’s uterus or in an egg, or a plant that is developing in a seed. (Definition of embryo from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
embryo. noun [ C ] us / ˈem.bri.oʊ / uk / ˈem.bri.əʊ / plural embryos. Add to word list. an animal that is developing either in its mother's womb or in an egg, or a plant that is developing in a seed: Between the eighth week of development and birth a human embryo is called a fetus. in embryo formal. developing and not yet complete:
noun. an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life. synonyms: conceptus, fertilized egg. see more. noun. (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium. see more. Cite this entry. Style:
noun. /ˈembriəʊ/. /ˈembriəʊ/. (plural embryos) Idioms. a young animal or plant in the very early stages of development before birth, or before coming out of its egg or seed, especially a human egg in the first eight weeks after fertilization. the current debate over cloning human embryos. compare fetus.
EMBRYO meaning: 1 : a human or animal in the early stages of development before it is born, hatched, etc.; 2 : in an early or undeveloped stage.
