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embryo

[em-bree-oh] / ˈɛm briˌoʊ /
NOUN
fetus
Synonyms


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"I've never heard of an incident like this in the UK. It is the biggest fear of any IVF unit to mix up an egg or sperm or embryo."

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The team examined how exposure to microgravity during fertilisation influences early embryo development in animal models.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

The research team discovered that many of these extra mutations arise soon after conception during the earliest rounds of cell division in the embryo.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025

She became pregnant with the first embryo and everything seemed to be progressing normally and both women allowed themselves to believe the future they'd imagined was finally happening.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

The principal challenge to preformation was the idea that something had to happen during embryogenesis that led to the formation of entirely new parts in the embryo.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee