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Embryo
/ˈɛmbɹi.əʊ/
In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
📖 Definitions of "Embryo"
noun
- 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
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In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
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