Embryo - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈembrɪəʊ|  American pronunciation of the word embryo
Brit.  |ˈembrɪəʊ|  British pronunciation of the word embryo

noun

- (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
- 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

Extra examples

The project itself was but an embryo.

An embryo is created through the union of sperm and egg.

The sperm and egg unite to form an embryo.

At this point, the embryo is a microscopic clump of only 100 cells.

The system already exists in embryo.

The embryo develops into a fetus

Word forms

noun
singular: embryo
plural: embryos
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