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Conceptus

🔄 Synonyms of "Conceptus"

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Word	Definition
embryonoun	In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
fertilized eggnoun	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

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Conceptus"

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Word	Definition
embryonoun	In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
fertilized eggnoun	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
trisomicnoun	An organism that exhibits trisomy
fetus in fetunoun	(medicine, obstetrics) A fetus growing inside the body of another fetus, either from an unsuccessful twin pregnancy, or as a tumorlike growth.
periblastnoun	(biology) The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation.
inner cell massnoun	(embryology) A mass of cells within a primordial embryo that will eventually develop into the distinct form of a fetus in most eutherian mammals.
bellynoun	The abdomen (especially a fat one).
fetal positionnoun	A posture in which the head and knees are brought close to the abdomen, usually while sitting or lying on one side.
matrixnoun	The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
bosomnoun	(anatomy, somewhat dated) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
midpregnancynoun	The middle period of a pregnancy
abdominal gestationnoun	(medicine) A pregnancy outside of the uterus, and within the abdominal cavity.
midgestationnoun	(medicine) The middle period of gestation
prosomerenoun	Any of the six subdivisions thought to compose the embryonic forebrain
preabdomennoun	The enlarged anterior portion of the abdomen of a scorpion or sea scorpion
proamnionnoun	An area of the blastoderm at the cephalic end of a vertebrate embryo, in which there is no mesoderm separating the ectoderm and endoderm
heamnoun	The amniotic sac; afterbirth or secundus of an animal.
innethnoun	(obsolete) The interior of the body; the inside; womb.
endomesodermnoun	(biology) An embryonic blastomere that has not yet differentiated into mesoderm and endoderm, almost in the middle
entodermnoun	(biology) Alternative form of endoderm. [(anatomy, biology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce through development, the digestive system of the adult.]