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embryos
We have found lemma(root) word of embryos : embryo.
Definitions
[ˈɛmbrɪəʊ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization (after which it is usually termed a fetus)
- a thing at a rudimentary stage that shows potential for development
(e.g: a simple commodity economy is merely the embryo of a capitalist economy)
Phrases:
- in embryo
Origin
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late Middle English (as embrion): via medieval Latin from Greek embruon ‘fetus’, from em- ‘into’ + bruon ‘moss’, literally ‘something that swells’
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