in+embryo

  • 61embryo — em|bry|o [ˈembriəu US briou] n plural embryos [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: Greek embryon, from bryein to swell ] 1.) an animal or human that has not yet been born, and has just begun to develop →↑foetus 2.) in embryo …

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  • 62embryo — em|bry|o [ embri,ou ] noun count 1. ) an animal or human before it is born, when it is beginning to develop and grow 2. ) the beginning of something such as a plan or idea: Planning is still in its embryo stages. in embryo 1. ) in the early stage …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 63embryo — [16] The idea underlying embryo is of ‘growing within’. The word comes from Greek émbruon, a compound verb formed from the prefix en ‘in’ and the verb brúein ‘swell, grow’, which meant literally ‘something that grows inside the body’. English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 64embryo — noun plural embryos (C) 1 an animal or human that has not yet been born, and is in its first state of development in the mother s body compare foetus 2 in embryo not yet complete, but still developing: His plans were still in embryo …

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  • 65embryo transfer — /ˌɛmbrioʊ ˈtrænsfɜ/ (say .embreeoh transfer) noun a procedure whereby a developing embryo is transplanted, usually into the uterus of a female parent. Also, embryo transplant …

  • 66embryo cloning — The creation of identical copies of an embryo by embryo splitting or by nuclear transfer from undifferentiated embryonic cells …

    Glossary of Biotechnology

  • 67embryo transfer — Abbreviation: ET See: embryo multiplication and transfer, multiple ovulation and embryo transfer …

    Glossary of Biotechnology

  • 68Embryo — der Embryo, s (Mittelstufe) Lebewesen in der frühen Form der Entwicklung, Keim Beispiel: Die befruchtete Eizelle entwickelt sich zu einem Embryo …

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  • 69embryo — [16] The idea underlying embryo is of ‘growing within’. The word comes from Greek émbruon, a compound verb formed from the prefix en ‘in’ and the verb brúein ‘swell, grow’, which meant literally ‘something that grows inside the body’. English… …

    Word origins

  • 70embryo — n. (pl. os) 1 a an unborn or unhatched offspring. b a human offspring in the first eight weeks from conception. 2 a rudimentary plant contained in a seed. 3 a thing in a rudimentary stage. 4 (attrib.) undeveloped, immature. Phrases and idioms: in …

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