American English pronunciation
How to pronounce embryo
IPA transcription: ['ɛmbɹi,oʊ]
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Noun
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(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
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an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
Usage examples
- They hope to get a hybrid embryo by merging the DNA of a different species.
- If all embryos are removed, then no planets will form in this region.
- They hope to get a hybrid embryo by merging the DNA of a different species.
- Orchid seeds are tiny with underdeveloped embryos.
- The apical surface area increases during neurulation, unlike amphibian embryos.
- These exposures are also called critical life stage, embryo-larval, or egg-fry tests.
- These structures correspond to the embryonic foregut.
- It does have a large and easily manipulated embryo, however.
- In human embryogenesis they appear towards the end of the third gestational week.
- The mechanism for X inactivation will occur during the embryonic stage.