embryo (noun)
21embryo — /ˈɛmbrioʊ / (say embreeoh) noun (plural embryos) 1. an organism in the earlier stages of its development, as before emergence from the egg or before metamorphosis. 2. (among mammals and other viviparous animals) a young animal during its earlier… …
22hybrid embryo — noun a) An embryo resulting from the sperm of one species fertilising the egg of another. True hybrid embryos are the result of fertilising an egg with the sperm of another closely related species; for example, a mule is the hybrid offspring of a …
23pre-embryo — noun a fertilized human egg, up to 14 days old, that can develop into an embryo; especially one to be implanted by IVF …
24pre-embryo — noun a fertilized ovum in the first fourteen days after fertilization, before implantation in the womb. Derivatives pre embryonic adjective …
25frozen embryo — /froʊzən ˈɛmbrioʊ/ (say frohzuhn embreeoh) noun an embryo that has been frozen as part of the process of embryo transfer …
26hybrid embryo — /haɪbrəd ˈɛmbrioʊ/ (say huybruhd embreeoh) noun an embryo which has a human cell nucleus inserted into an animal egg; developed to create stem cells to be used in medical treatments …
27embryonal — embryo ► NOUN (pl. embryos) 1) an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, especially an unborn human in the first eight weeks from conception. Compare with FETUS(Cf. ↑fetus). 2) the part of a seed which develops into a new… …
28yolk sac — noun 1. membranous structure that functions as the circulatory system in mammalian embryos until the heart becomes functional • Syn: ↑vitelline sac, ↑umbilical vesicle, ↑vesicula umbilicus • Hypernyms: ↑sac 2. membranous structure enclosing the… …
29wheat germ — noun embryo of the wheat kernel; removed before milling and eaten as a source of vitamins • Hypernyms: ↑nutriment, ↑nourishment, ↑nutrition, ↑sustenance, ↑aliment, ↑alimentation, ↑victuals • …
30egg apparatus — noun : a group of three cells at the micropylar end of the embryo sac in seed plants consisting of the egg and two sterile cells * * * egg apparatus noun (botany) The egg and the synergidae in the embryo sac of an angiosperm • • • Main Entry:… …
