embryo
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embryo
- /ˈɛmbɹi.əʊ/ UK
- /ˈɛmbɹi.oʊ/ US
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Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryō, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “to grow, swell”).
noun embryos · embryones · embrio · embryo · embrio’s
- In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus. SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.
- An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
- In a viviparous animal, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body.
- In a human, usually the cell growth of the child within the mother's body, through the end of the seventh week of pregnancy.
- A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
- The beginning; the first stage of anything. […]while the Company little ſuſpected what a noble Work I had then in Embryo […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: embryonic, embryotic, conceptus, early, fertilized egg, in embryo, fetus, fetal, organism, egg, foetus, unborn, ovule, hexacanth, germ, cryopreservation
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noun fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
| Español | embrión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 태아 taea, 배 bae, 배아 baea |
| 日本語 | 胚 hai |
| 中文 | 胎 tāi, 胚胎 pēitāi |
| हिन्दी | भ्रूण bhrūṇ |
| Português | embrião |
| Français | embryon |
| Deutsch | Embryo |
| Italiano | embrione |
| Ελληνικά | έμβρυο émvryo |
| Română | embrion |
| Русский | эмбрио́н embrión, заро́дыш zaródyš |
| Tiếng Việt | phôi, phôi thai |
| العربية | جَنِين janīn |
| עברית | עֻבָּר \ עובר 'ubar |
noun an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
| Español | embrión |
|---|---|
| Português | embrião |
| Ελληνικά | έμβρυο émvryo |
| Русский | эмбрио́н embrión, заро́дыш zaródyš |
noun in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
| Español | embrión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 태아 taea |
| 日本語 | 胎児 taiji |
| Português | embrião |
| Ελληνικά | έμβρυο émvryo |
| Русский | эмбрио́н embrión, заро́дыш zaródyš |
noun in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
| Español | embrión |
|---|---|
| Português | embrião |
| Ελληνικά | έμβρυο émvryo |
| Русский | эмбрио́н embrión, заро́дыш zaródyš |
noun botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed
| Español | embrión |
|---|---|
| Português | embrião |
| Русский | заро́дыш zaródyš |
noun the beginning; the first stage of anything
| Português | embrião |
|---|
Talk about this word "embryo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/embryo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. embryo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/embryo "embryo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/embryo.Cite this
@misc{embryo_2026,
title = {embryo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/embryo},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
