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Webster 1913 Edition
Embryo
Em′bry-o
,Noun.
pl.
Embryos
(#)
. [F.
embryon
, Gr. ἔμβρυον
, perh. fr. [GREEK] in (akin to L. [GREEK] E. in
) + [GREEK] 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
,Adj.
Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped;
as, an
. embryo
budWebster 1828 Edition
Embryo
EM'BRYO
Definition 2024
Embryo
embryo
embryo
English
Alternative forms
- (after the Medieval Latin embryo) embrio [Middle English to the 18th century], embryo [17th century to the present] (singular forms); embryones [17th century to the present], embrio’s [17th–18th centuries], embrioes [17th century], embryos [19th century to the present] (plural forms)
- (after the stem (embryōn-) of the Medieval Latin embryo) embrioun [Middle English], embrion [Middle English to the 18th century], embryon [17th–19th centuries] (singular forms); embrions [17th C.], embryons [17th–19th centuries] (plural forms)
- (after the Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon)) embryon [17th century to the present] (singular form); embryons [17th century to the present], embrya [18th century to the present] (plural forms)
Noun
embryo (plural embryos or embryones)
- In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
- 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 humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
- (botany) A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
- The beginning; the first stage of anything.
- Jonathan Swift
- The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 419:
- it dives into the heart of the observed, and there espies evil, as it were, in the first embryo [...]
- Jonathan Swift
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
fertilized egg before developing into a fetus
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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 humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
botany: rudimentary plant contained in the seed
the beginning; the first stage of anything
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: em‧bryo
Etymology
From New Latin embryo, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”).
Noun
embryo n (plural embryo's, diminutive embryootje n)
Derived terms
Finnish
Noun
embryo
- (rare) embryo
Declension
| Inflection of embryo (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | embryo | embryot | |
| genitive | embryon | embryoiden embryoitten |
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| partitive | embryota | embryoita | |
| illative | embryoon | embryoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | embryo | embryot | |
| accusative | nom. | embryo | embryot |
| gen. | embryon | ||
| genitive | embryon | embryoiden embryoitten |
|
| partitive | embryota | embryoita | |
| inessive | embryossa | embryoissa | |
| elative | embryosta | embryoista | |
| illative | embryoon | embryoihin | |
| adessive | embryolla | embryoilla | |
| ablative | embryolta | embryoilta | |
| allative | embryolle | embryoille | |
| essive | embryona | embryoina | |
| translative | embryoksi | embryoiksi | |
| instructive | — | embryoin | |
| abessive | embryotta | embryoitta | |
| comitative | — | embryoineen | |
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), via Medieval Latin embryo
Noun
embryo n (definite singular embryoet, indefinite plural embryo or embryoer, definite plural embryoa or embryoene)
Related terms
References
- “embryo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), via Medieval Latin embryo
Noun
embryo n (definite singular embryoet, indefinite plural embryo, definite plural embryoa)
Related terms
References
- “embryo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
embryo n
- embryo; an unborn baby that is less developed than a fetus.
- embryo; an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
Declension
| Inflection of embryo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | embryo | embryot | embryon | embryona |
| Genitive | embryos | embryots | embryons | embryonas |