单词 | embryo |
释义 | Word Frequency embryo(ˈɛmbrɪˌəʊ) nounWord forms: plural -bryos 1. an animal in the early stages of development following cleavage of the zygote and ending at birth or hatching 2. the human product of conception up to approximately the end of the second month of pregnancy Compare fetus 3. a plant in the early stages of development: in higher plants, the plumule, cotyledons, and radicle within the seed 4. an undeveloped or rudimentary state (esp in the phrase in embryo) 5. something in an early stage of development an embryo of an idea Derived forms embryoid (ˈembryˌoid) adjective Word origin C16: from Late Latin, from Greek embruon, from bruein to swell |
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