embryo

Betekenis (Engels)

1. In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
2. An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
3. In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
4. In humans, usually the cell growth of the child within the mother's body, through the end of the seventh week of pregnancy
5. A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
6. The beginning; the first stage of anything.

Concepten

embryo

kiem

larve

larvestadium

rups

🐛

vrucht in het moederlichaam

kiemplant

foetus

Synoniemen

foetus

fetus

germ

foetus

fetus

caterpillar

🐛

conceptus

rudiment

unborn child

fœtus

embryonic

fertilized egg

embryon

rudimentary

sporophyte

start

undeveloped

unformed

sporophore

seed germs before germination

planticle

embryonic plant

larva

baby

👶

begin

beginning

bud

commence

embryogeny

first-born

grub

immature

arise from

larvae

originate

Met koppelteken als

em‧bryo

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɛmbɹi.əʊ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryō, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “I grow, swell”). Possibly related to Hebrew עֻבָּר (“fetus, embryo”) (ʊbar).