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embryogenesis

embryogenesis

1 9.0
A process when an embryo forms and grows from a fertilized egg or single cell
  • noun
  • /ˌɛmbrioʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : embriogénesis
  • During embryogenesis, the fertilized egg begins to divide and gradually forms a multicellular organism.
  • enhance embryogenesis

Examples

  • Congenital epidermoids are believed to arise as a result of cellular dysfunction during embryogenesis, which leads to an abnormal migration of ectodermal cells.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Investigators using mammalian cells were interested in the same fundamental question of nuclear potency during embryogenesis that was posed for cells of invertebrate and vertebrate species.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Here I highlight several critical stages, not the entire process of embryogenesis.

    Academic text (2001)
  • And that's one of the signature events of embryogenesis, until we have many, many cells that make up our bodies.

  • And later, during late stages of embryogenesis and into the adult, cells differentiate and become their final thing.

  • Thus, the larvae probably subsist solely on nutrients acquired from the parent during embryogenesis.

    Academic text (1998)
  • (3) During embryogenesis, the epigenetic memory escaped erasure.

    Academic text (2012)
  • According to another theory, epithelial cells migrate during embryogenesis from the external auditory canal to the middle ear.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Scientists study embryogenesis to better understand how complex organisms develop from a single cell.

  • The process of embryogenesis is crucial for ensuring that all organs and systems form correctly in the developing embryo.

Synonyms

embryonic development
vsembryogenesis
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A process in which a very early baby forms and grows before birth

focuses on formation from the first cell rather than later fetal stages
epigenesis
vsembryogenesis
  • Specialized
9.9

The development of a living thing from a fertilized egg through gradual changes

is the general process of formation from a fertilized egg without stressing gradual change

How Advanced

organogenesis
  • Specialized
1 9.3
embryogenesis
  • Specialized
1 9.0
blastocyst
  • Specialized
4 9.8
fertilization
  • Specialized
27 4.0

Surface Forms

embryogenesis singular
embryogeneses plural

Morphology

embryogenesis = embryo + genesis (semi-transparent) = embryo + genesis

The word transparently combines 'embryo' and 'genesis', but the specialized biological sense is technical and may not be fully predictable for a general learner.

Etymology

Embryogenesis joins embryo and genesis: embryo means 'young one' and genesis means 'beginning' (think of the book Genesis). So embryogenesis is the 'beginning' or forming of the embryo, the process by which an embryo forms and grows.