embryo

Meaning 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
  4. In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
  5. A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
  6. The beginning; the first stage of anything.

Information about embryo

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of embryo is: embryos.
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Hyphenation of embryo

em-bryo

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • embryo is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

embryo synonyms

Meaning conceptus:

conceptus

Translation of embryo

Words that rhyme with embryo

mesembryo, preembryo, proembryo, pseudembryo

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