embryo

Meaning

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

foetus

fertilized egg

seed germs before germination

embryonic plant

arise from

Frequency

Hyphenated as

em‧bryo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛmbɹi.əʊ/

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).

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