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embryo

[em-bree-oh] / ˈɛm briˌoʊ /
NOUN
fetus
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The next phase of the research will explore how different gravity environments, including those on the Moon, Mars, and in artificial gravity systems, affect sperm navigation and early embryo development.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

He said "a huge team of people" had been involved in the process - from the transplant operation to the embryo transfer and the delivery itself.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 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

They divide the embryo into its basic subsegments.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee