fertilized egg
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Instead of treating her, the hospital sent her home, and the fertilized egg later ruptured, requiring emergency surgery to remove part of her reproductive system.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025
Based on such self-organization, the mammalian embryo develops from a single fertilized egg cell into a multicellular organism.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024
Cultivated products are grown in steel tanks using cells from a living animal, a fertilized egg or a storage bank.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024
The fertilized egg then evolves into a float that returns to the surface and forms another colony.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024
Every cell in your body arises by successive cell divisions from a single cell, a fertilized egg generated by your parents.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
