Embryo

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Derived terms 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 See also 1.3 External links

English

Noun

embryo (embryos )

1. An unborn baby that is less developed than a foetus.
2. an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis
3. in viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
4. in man, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
5. in Botany, a rudimentary plant contained in the seed
6. the beginning; the first stage of anything

Derived terms

• embryology
• embryonic

Translations

• CJKV Characters: 胚; 肧
• Chinese: 胚胎
• Czech: zárodek m
• Dutch: embryo n
• Finnish: alkio
• French: embryon m
• German: Embryo m
• Greek: έμβρυο n
• Italian: embrione m
• Japanese: 胚
• Korean: 태아
• Polish: embryo
• Portuguese: embrião m
• Russian: зародыш m (zarodish)
• Spanish: embrión

See also

• foetus, fetus
• Wikipedia article on embryos

External links

Wikipedia article on Botany