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embryo
(redirected from embryo cryopreservation)

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em·bry·o  (mbr-)
n. pl. em·bry·os
1.
a. An organism in its early stages of development, especially before it has reached a distinctively recognizable form.
b. An organism at any time before full development, birth, or hatching.
2.
a. The fertilized egg of a vertebrate animal following cleavage.
b. In humans, the prefetal product of conception from implantation through the eighth week of development.
3. Botany The minute, rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium.
4. A rudimentary or beginning stage: "To its founding fathers, the European [Economic] Community was the embryo of the United States of Europe" Economist.

[Medieval Latin embry, from Greek embruon : en-, in; see en-2 + bruein, to be full to bursting.]

embryo [em-bree-oh]
Noun
pl -bryos
1. an unborn animal or human being in the early stages of development, in humans up to approximately the end of the second month of pregnancy
2. something in an early stage of development: the embryo of a serious comic novel [Greek embruon]

embryo  (mbr-)
1. An animal in its earliest stage of development, before all the major body structures are represented. In humans, the embryonic stage lasts through the first eight weeks of pregnancy. In humans, other placental mammals, and other viviparous animals, young born as embryos cannot thrive. In marsupials, the young are born during the embryonic stage and complete their development outside the uterus, attached to a teat within the mother's pouch.
2. The developing young of an egg-laying animal before hatching.
3. The sporophyte of a plant in its earliest stages of development, such as the miniature, partially developed plant contained within a seed before germination.

embryonic adjective (mbr-nk)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.embryoembryo - (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
2.embryoembryo - an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
blastosphere, blastula - early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs
gastrula - double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm
morula - a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula
umbilical, umbilical cord - membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta

embryo
noun 1. fetus, unborn child, fertilized egg
Translations

embryo [ˈɛmbrɪəu] n (also fig) → embrión m
embryo [ˈɛmbrɪəu] n (also fig) → embryon m
embryo [ˈɛmbrɪəu] nEmbryo m (fig); Keim m
embryo [ˈɛmbrɪəu] n (also fig) → embrione m

embryo
n embryo [ˈembriəu]
1 a young animal or plant in its earliest stages in seed, egg or womb An egg contains the embryo of a chicken; (also adjective ) the embryo child.embrio, vrugkiemجَنينзародишzárodek; zárodečnýembryo; foster; foster-der Embryoέμβρυοembriónloode, iduجنینalkioembryon; embryonnaireעוּבָּרभ्रूणzametak, embrijembriójaninfósturvísir; plöntufóstur, kímembrione胎児배(胚); 태아의embrionasembrijs; embrija-embrioembryofoster, kime, spirezarodek, embrionembriãoembrionзародышzárodok; zárodkovýzarodekembrionembryoตัวอ่อนของสัตว์embriyon, oğulcuk胚胎, 胎兒ембріон, зародокجنینphôi; mầm,
2 (also adjective) (of) the beginning stage of anything The project is still at the embryo stage.in wordingفي طَوْر الجَنين، في المَرْحَلَةِ الأولىв зародишzárodečnýpå fosterstadie; i sin vordenunentwickeltεμβρυακόςembrionarioalgiduآغاز کار؛ مراحل اولیهalku-, alkio-embryonnaireעוּבָּרִי, הַתחָלָתִיकिसी भी चीज की प्राथमिक अवस्थाnerazvijencsíratahap awalá frumstigiembrionale初期 (の)초기; 시발의embrioninisiedīglis; iedīgļa-; sākuma stadijaawalbegin- fosterstadiet, in spe, i sin spede begynnelseembrionalnyembriãoembriologicв зачаточном состоянииzárodkovýzameteku začetku[] lindaระยะแรกเริ่มbaşlangıç初期,初期的зародковий, зачатковийابتدائی صورتphôi thai期,期的
n ˌembryˈology [-ˈolədʒi]
the science of the formation and development of the embryo. embriologie, ontwikkelingsleerعِلْم الأجِنَّهембриологияembryologieembryologidie Embryologieεμβρυολογίαembriologíaembrüoloogiaجنین شناسیembryologiaembryologieאֶמברִיוֹלוֹגיָהभ्रूण विज्ञानembriologijaembriológiaembriologifósturfræðiembriologia発生学발생학, 태생학embriologijaembrioloģijaembriologiembryologiefosterlære, embryologiembriologiaembriologiaembriologэмбриологияembryológiaembriologijaembriologijaembryologiการศึกษาเกี่ยวกับการเติบโตและพัฒนาการของตัวอ่อนของมนุษย์embriyoloji胚胎學ембріологіяجنین کا مطالعہphôi học
adj ˌembryoˈlogical [-ˈlo-]
embriologiesأجِنّي، خاص بِعِلْم الأجِنَّهембриологиченembryologickýembryologisk; foster-embryonalεμβρυολογικόςembriológicoembrüoloogilineمربوط به جنین شناسیembryologinenembryologiqueעוּבָּרִיभ्रूण विज्ञान संबंधीembriološkiembriológiaiembriologisfósturfræðilegurembriologico発生学の발생학의embriologinisembrioloģisksbersifat embrioembryologischembryologiskembriologicznyembriológicoem­brio­lo­gicэмбриологическийembryologickýembriološkiembriološkiembryologiskที่เกี่ยวกับการเติบโตและพัฒนาการของตัวอ่อนของมนุษย์embriyona ait胚胎學的ембріологічний; зародковийجنین سے متعلقthuộc phôi học
n ˌembryˈologist
embrioloogإخْتِصاصي بِعِلْم الأجِنَّهембриологembriolog, -žkaembryologder Embryologeεμβρυολόγοςembriólogoembrüoloogجنین شناسembryologiembryologisteאֶמבֶּריוֹלוֹגभ्रूण वैज्ञानिकembriologembriológusahli embriologifósturfræðingurembriologo発生学者발생학자embriologasembriologspakar embrioembryoloogembryologembriologembriologistaembriologэмбриологembryológ, -ičkaembriologembriologembryologผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านการเติบโตและพัฒนาการของตัวอ่อนของมนุษย์embriyoloji bilgini胚胎學家ембріологجنین کا مطالعہ کرنے والاnhà phôi học
adj ˌembryˈonic [-ˈonik]
in an early stage of development. embrionies, in wordingبِدائي ، في مَرْحَلَة التَّكْوينембрионаленzárodečnýspæd; embryoniskembryonalεμβρυακόςembrionarioalgeos olevجنینی؛ اولیهalkioasteella olevaembryonnaireבְּתחִילַת הַהִתְפָּתחוּתभ्रूणीयembrionalankezdetlegesdalam tahap perkembanganfósturvísis-; ófullmótaðurembrionale未発達の태아의embrioninisembrionālsawalembryonaalfoster-, embryoniskembrionalnyembriónicoembrionarэмбриональныйzárodkovýembrionalenu začetkuembryonal, foster-เพิ่งจะเริ่มก่อขึ้นgelişmemiş, ilkel胚胎的ембріональний, зародковийارتقا کی ابتدائی حالت میںtrong thời kỳ đầu

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