Definitions
An organism in its earliest stage of development before birth, hatching, or germination.
Word origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryō, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “to grow, swell”).
Used in a sentence
“In situ hybridisations were performed on devitellinised embryos still wrapped around the yolk and on embryos with the yolk dissected away.”
“They include cells that would typically go on to develop a yolk sac, a placenta and the embryo itself.”
“[…]while the Company little ſuſpected what a noble Work I had then in Embryo […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Early developing organism”6 letters
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