Word: Embryo
Noun
Definitions:
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).
Example sentences: "No one has yet converted a single blastomere from an eight-cell embryo into a stem cell line."
2. A thing at a rudimentary stage that shows potential for development.
Example sentences: "A simple commodity economy is merely the embryo of a capitalist economy"
Derivations:
embryonic
embryonal
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Embryo in Other Languages...
Spanish: Embrión
German: Embryo
French: Embryon
Italian: Embrione
Turkish: Embriyo
