embryo

See also Embryo, and embryo-

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

A Medieval Latin corruption of Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (embruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en-, “in-”) + βρύω (bruō, “I grow, swell”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɛmbɹiəʊ/

Noun

embryo (plural embryos or embryones)

1. In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a foetus.
2. An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
3. In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
4. In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
5. (botany) A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
6. The beginning; the first stage of anything.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 419:

     it dives into the heart of the observed, and there espies evil, as it were, in the first embryo [...]

Derived terms

• embryology
• embryonic

Related terms

• foetus, fetus
• zygote

Translations

an unborn baby that is less developed than a foetus

Arabic: جنين (ar) (janiin) m., حمل (ar) (Haml) m. Armenian: սաղմ (hy) (saġm) Bulgarian: зародиш (bg) m. Catalan: embrió (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 胎兒 (zh), 胎儿 (zh) (tāi'ér), 胎 (zh) (tāi), 胚胎 (zh) (pēitāi) Finnish: alkio (fi) French: embryon (fr) m. German: Embryo (de) m. Greek: έμβρυο (el) (émvryo) n. Hebrew: עובר (he) ('obar) m.

Hungarian: embrió (hu) Italian: embrione (it) m. Japanese: 胎児 (ja) (たいじ, taiji) Malay: embrio (ms), janin (ms) Portuguese: embrião (pt), embrião (pt) Romanian: embrion (ro) m. Russian: эмбрион (ru) (embrión) m., зародыш (ru) (zaródyš) m. Serbian: zametak m. Spanish: embrión (es) m. Swedish: embryo (sv) n. Turkish: embriyo (tr) Volapük: brüom (vo)

an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis

Bulgarian: ембрион (bg) m. Greek: έμβρυο (el) (émvryo) n. Spanish: embrión (es) m.

Swedish: embryo (sv) n. Turkish: embriyo (tr) Volapük: brüom (vo)

in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body

Greek: έμβρυο (el) (émvryo) n. Spanish: embrión (es) m.

Volapük: brüom (vo)

in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body

Bulgarian: зародиш (bg) m. Greek: έμβρυο (el) (émvryo) n.

Spanish: embrión (es) m. Volapük: brüom (vo)

botany: a rudimentary plant contained in the seed

Dutch: kiemplant (nl) Hungarian: csíra (hu), embrió (hu)

Spanish: embrión (es) m.

the beginning; the first stage of anything

Bulgarian: начална фаза (bg) f.

Hungarian: csíra (hu)

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Chinese: 胚胎 Croatian: embrio (hr) m., embrij (hr) m. Czech: zárodek m. Dutch: embryo n. Finnish: alkio German: Embryo m. Italian: embrione m.

Japanese: 胚 Korean: 태아 Polish: embryo Portuguese: embrião m. Russian: зародыш m. (zarodysh) Swedish: embryo (sv) n.

Anagrams

• merboy

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Dutch

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Noun

embryo n. (plural embryo's, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. embryo

Derived terms

• embryologie

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Finnish

Noun

embryo

1. embryo

Declension

Declension of embryo (type valtio) singular plural nominative embryo embryot genitive embryon embryoiden embryoitten partitive embryota embryoita accusative embryo embryon embryot inessive embryossa embryoissa elative embryosta embryoista illative embryoon embryoihin adessive embryolla embryoilla ablative embryolta embryoilta allative embryolle embryoille essive embryona embryoina translative embryoksi embryoiksi instructive – embryoin abessive embryotta embryoitta comitative – embryoineen

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Swedish

Noun

embryo n.

1. embryo; an unborn baby that is less developed than a foetus.
2. embryo; an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.

Declension

Declension of embryo

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	embryo	embryot	embryon	embryona
genitive	embryos	embryots	embryons	embryonas