embryo

[Em·bry*o]

An embryo is an animal in the phase after fertilization but before birth or hatching. Embryos still live in the womb or egg.

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The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant

Noun
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

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


n.
The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant

n.
The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus).

n.
The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination.

a.
Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.


Embryo

Em"bry*o , n.; pl. Embryos . [F. embryon, Gr. , perh. fr. in (akin to L. E. in) + to be full of, swell with; perh. akin to E. brew.] (Biol.) The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant; as: (a) The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus). (b) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination. In embryo, in an incipient or undeveloped state; in conception, but not yet executed. "The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo." Swift.

Embryo

Em"bry*o, a. Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.

The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant

Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.

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Usage Examples

Now an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but in fact the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person. All you add is food and climate control, and some time, and the embryo becomes you or me.

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Other Usage Examples

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo.

We have a lot to gain through furthering stem cell research, but medical breakthroughs should be fundamentally about saving, not destroying, human life. Therefore, I support stem cell research that does not destroy the embryo.

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