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- Embryo - n. - The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant
- Embryo - n. - The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus).
- Embryo - n. - The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination.
- Embryo - a. - Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.
- Embryo sac - - See under Embryonic.
- Embryogenic - a. - Pertaining to the development of an embryo.
- Embryogeny - n. - The production and development of an embryo.
- Embryogony - n. - The formation of an embryo.
- Embryography - n. - The general description of embryos.
- Embryologic - a. - Alt. of Embryological
- Embryological - a. - Of or pertaining to embryology.
- Embryologist - n. - One skilled in embryology.
- Embryology - n. - The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.
- Embryon - n. & a. - See Embryo.
- Embryonal - a. - Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.
- Embryonary - a. - Embryonic.
- Embryonate - a. - Alt. of Embryonated
- Embryonated - a. - In the state of, or having, an embryonal.
- Embryonic - a. - Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.
- Embryoniferous - a. - Having an embryo.
- Embryoniform - a. - Like an embryo in form.
- Embryoplastic - n. - Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.
- Embryos - pl. - of Embryo
- Embryotic - a. - Embryonic.
- Embryotomy - n. - The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.
- Pseudofilaria - n. - One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarinae.
- Plantule - n. - The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.
- Basisphenoidal - a. - Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.
- Corcule - n. - The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ.
- Actinula - n. pl. - A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form.
- Tercine - n. - A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac. Cf. Quintine.
- Neurula - n. - An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.
- Embryology - n. - The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.
- Conceive - v. i. - To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.
- Pseudembryo - n. - An asexual form from which the true embryo is produced by budding.
- Notorhizal - a. - Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.
- Kenogenesis - n. - Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis.
- Protocercal - a. - Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal.
- Scolex - n. - The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See Illust. of Echinococcus.
- Tigella - n. - That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.
- Endorhizous - a. - Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.
- Stomodaeum - n. - The primitive mouth and esophagus of the embryo of annelids and arthropods.
- Protovertebra - n. - One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
- Colliquament - n. - The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.
- Funiculus - n. - A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion.
- Heterotropous - a. - Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.
- Endosperm - n. - The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.
- Fetus - n. - The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages.
- Embryo - a. - Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.
- Chit - n. - The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.
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