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How to pronounce embryo

IPA transcription: ['ɛmbɹi,oʊ]

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Noun

  • (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

  • 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.