Definition of Embrio
Embryo, the scientific term for the young of an animal while yet in
the initial stage of development in the womb; also applied to the plant
in its rudimentary stage within the seed.
- Wikipedia
Em"bry*o (?), n.; pl.
Embryos (#). [F. embryon, Gr.
'e`mbryon, perh. fr. &?; in (akin to L. &?; E. in)
+ &?; to be full of, swell with; perh. akin to E. brew.]
(Biol.) The first rudiments of an organism, whether
animal or plant; as: (a) The young of an
animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are
developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus).
(b) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in
the seed and which is developed by germination.
In embryo, in an incipient or undeveloped
state; in conception, but not yet executed. "The company little
suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo."
Swift.
Em"bry*o, a. Pertaining to an
embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An unborn baby that is less developed than a foetus.
- an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
- in viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
- in man, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
- in Botany, a rudimentary plant contained in the seed
- the beginning; the first stage of anything
- combining form of embryo
a. pertaining to an embryo
b. earliest stage of
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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