embryo
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A mediaeval Latin corruption of embryon.
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embryo (plural embryos)
- In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a foetus.
- 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 up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
- (botany) A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
- 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 [...]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 419:
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an unborn baby that is less developed than a foetus
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: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
the beginning; the first stage of anything
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[edit] Finnish
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embryo
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Declension of embryo (type valtio)
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[edit] Swedish
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| Inflection for embryo | Singular | Plural | ||
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| neuter | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | embryo | embryot | embryon | embryona |
| Genitive | embryos | embryots | embryons | embryonas |
embryo n.
