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embryo

[em-bree-oh] / ˈɛm briˌoʊ /
NOUN
fetus
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Scientists from the Robinson Research Institute, the School of Biomedicine, and the Freemasons Centre for Male Health and Wellbeing studied how space-like conditions affect sperm navigation, fertilization, and early embryo development.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Ectopic pregnancies are when the embryo starts growing outside the womb, usually in the fallopian tube, and can be life-threatening.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Eventually, the 10th and final embryo worked, and Anita became pregnant.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

On the agency’s instructions, according to court records, the surrogate canceled her Medicaid and began to prepare for the embryo transfer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

In some mutants, whole segments of the embryo disappeared, or the thorax or abdominal compartments were drastically shortened—analogous to a human fetus born with no middle or with no hind segment.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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