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embryo

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1. embryo - Noun

2. embryo - Adjective

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The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant

The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus).

The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination.

Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Above is a “Zebrafish embryo growing its elaborate sensory nervous system (visualized over 16 hours of development)” captured by Elizabeth Haynes of the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and colleagues. Source: Internet

Abortion is the process of artificially (non-naturally) removing the embryo through deliberate pharmaceutical or surgical methods. Source: Internet

A common and inexpensive breakfast dish that can be found in any wet market, balut (hột vịt lộn) is a fertilized duck egg with a nearly developed embryo inside, which is boiled and eaten in the shell. Source: Internet

Additional images The duodenum and pancreas Pancreas of a human embryo at end of sixth week Dog pancreas magnified 100 times The pancreas and its surrounding structures Duodenum and pancreas. Source: Internet

Also called termination or induced abortion. 2. medicine the spontaneous expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus before it is sufficiently developed to survive independently. Source: Internet

After hatching, the free-swimming embryo spends about a week absorbing a relatively small amount of yolk. Source: Internet

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