| 释义 |
em·bry·ol·o·gy
\-jē, -ji\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: French embryologie, from embry- + -logie -logy
1. : a branch of biology that relates to embryogeny in animals and plants : the study of the development of the individual from the egg to birth or hatching
< a student of embryology >
— compare ontogeny
2. : the features and phenomena exhibited in the formation and development of an embryo
< certain peculiarities of the embryology of the brook trout >
3. : a treatise on embryology |