embryo
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- noun
- /ˈɛm.bri.oʊ/
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embrión
- Scientists study the genetics of an embryo to understand early human development.
- embryo transfer
- developing embryos
- frozen embryo
They function in a key part of human embryo development.
- They function in a key part of human embryo development.
- And a lot of people would like to donate their embryos to science.
- And this tells us how our embryos can repair themselves when something goes wrong.
- I have a friend who is doing embryo selection for a variety of traits.
- Far fewer male embryos make it to delivery compared with females.
Examples
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They function in a key part of human embryo development.
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From a scan of a human embryo.
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"Only moments ago I learned that the last embryo transfer was not successful."
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My wife and I did our final IVF cycle, an embryo transfer.
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And a lot of people would like to donate their embryos to science.
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Identical twins result when a single embryo splits in two.
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There's plenty of room for the embryo through the first trimester.
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The medical community holds that a pregnancy begins when the embryo attaches to the uterine wall.
Academic text (1996) -
They took fertilized embryos and made small changes to them to improve them.
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During the early stages of pregnancy, an embryo develops rapidly in the uterus.
Synonyms
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An animal in the very early stages of growth in the womb before it becomes a fetus
How Developed
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Embryo comes from Greek parts en- 'in' and bryein 'to swell'. So an embryo is something that 'swells' or 'grows inside', which explains its meaning as the early stage before birth.