embryon
English
Noun
embryon (plural embryons)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “embryon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Finnish
Noun
embryon
French
Etymology
From Middle French embrion, from a Medieval Latin corruption of Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “I grow, swell”).
Pronunciation
Noun
embryon m (plural embryons)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “embryon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Noun
embryon
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