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fertilized egg

fertilized egg

8 2.9
An egg joined with a sperm that starts to grow into an embryo
  • noun
  • /ˈfɜrtəˌlaɪzd ɛɡ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : huevo fertilizado
  • If you accept the current legal definition of person, then fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses are not persons.
  • fertilized egg develops
  • use fertilized eggs

And then they fuse and you make you, you, you get one fertilized egg.

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Examples

  • All right, a placenta is produced with the fetus from the fertilized egg and sperm.

  • So, to get them, you need to use fertilized eggs.

    Academic text (2012)
  • So this is just showing you how a fertilised egg can develop into a human being.

  • You are saying we can know that the fertilized egg is a person.

    Blog text (29)
  • And that is at what point does a fertilized egg become a viable human being with rights?

  • In many cases, the fertilized egg hosts developed into normal adults.

    Academic text (1999)
  • We all started out as a single fertilized egg, as a fertilized egg, which is a single cell.

  • A large share of fertilized eggs never successfully implant to establish a pregnancy.

    Blog text (12)
  • There is no pre-embryo, meaning any fertilised egg is a full human embryo.

    Blog text (31)
  • Identical twins occur when a single fertilized egg splits into two embryos shortly after conception.

Synonyms

embryo
vsfertilized egg
  • Specialized
94 4.0

An early stage in animals and humans before birth or hatching

is the initial single-cell stage that precedes that developing organism stage
germ
vsfertilized egg
  • Specialized
8 3.6

A tiny cell from which a new animal or plant can grow

is specifically the early developing cell after fertilization rather than any small part
conceptus
vsfertilized egg
  • Specialized
1 9.9

An animal in the very early stages of growth in the womb before it becomes a fetus

refers only to the initial joined cell rather than the larger developing system
fertilized ovum
vsfertilized egg
  • Specialized
4.2

A cell formed when a sperm joins an egg that becomes a new animal

is the common everyday phrase for that same early developing cell

Antonyms

unfertilized
  • Specialized
3 5.1

Not joined with sperm or pollen so it cannot grow into a young living thing

How Developed

duckling
14 1.0
embryonated
  • Specialized
8.1
balut
  • Philippine
1 9.9
fertilized egg
  • Specialized
8 2.9
unfertilized
  • Specialized
3 5.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

fertilize + egg

The meaning 'an egg that has been joined with a sperm cell' is directly and compositionally derived from 'fertilize' (to join a male cell with an egg) plus 'egg'; the participial form 'fertilized' simply marks the egg's state. This structure is morphologically transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Fertilized egg is a simple name: the egg has been fertilized, meaning a sperm 'joins' it and the tiny cell begins to grow. So it means an egg that has been joined with a sperm and will start to develop into an embryo.