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embryoid

embryoid

9.9
A group of cells grown in a lab that looks like an early embryo
  • noun
  • /ˈɛmbrɪɔɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : embriode
  • By studying the embryoid, researchers gained insights into how organs begin to form.

Examples

  • Scientists created an embryoid to better understand the earliest stages of human development.

  • The laboratory used an embryoid model to test the effects of new drugs on cell growth.

  • An embryoid is fascinating.

  • These embryoids are impressive!

  • Scientists created an embryoid to better understand the earliest stages of human development.

  • The laboratory used an embryoid model to test the effects of new drugs on cell growth.

  • By studying the embryoid, researchers gained insights into how organs begin to form.

Surface Forms

embryoid singular
embryoids plural

Morphology

embryoid = embryo (semi-transparent) = embryo + oid

The noun sense is derived from 'embryo' + '-oid' (a thing resembling an embryo); meaning is clear but specialized/laboratory usage may reduce immediacy for general learners.

Etymology

Embryoid combines embryo ('young life') with the ending -oid ('like'), so the word means 'like an embryo'. Scientists use embryoid to name a mass of cells grown in the lab that looks like the early form of an embryo.