Synonyms for embryo
ˈɛm briˌoʊem·b·ry·o

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1. embryo

   Synonyms:
   germ, nucleus, rudiment, origin

   Antonyms:
   development, shape, completion, maturity

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1. embryonoun

   (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

   Synonyms:
   fertilized egg, conceptus

2. embryo, conceptus, fertilized eggnoun

   an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life

   Synonyms:
   fertilized egg, conceptus

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1. • Botany
   • Plant

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1. embryonoun

   Synonyms:
   germ, rudiment

2. embryoadjective

   Synonyms:
   embryotic, rudimentary, undeveloped

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1. embryoadjective

   Synonyms:
   undeveloped, rudimentary

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1. List of paraphrases for "embryo":

   embryos, embryonic, foetus, jenin, fetus

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1. Nicolas Rivron:

   We pulled them together and discovered a cocktail of molecules that triggered them to self-organize into early embryo cells.

2. Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz:

   It reveals the fundamental requirements that have to be fulfilled to make the right structure of the embryo with its organs.

3. Joe Navarro:

   You may see him crumble into an embryo position, crossing his arms across his chest in a self hug, bringing his knees up, that's unfortunate but probably to be expected of somebody his age.

4. Mary Beerworth:

   Vermont Right to Life Committee will be about a vast range of anything that pertains to your personal reproductive autonomy, from surrogacy, three-parent embryo, designer babies, minors possibly accessing the hormone blockers for transgender surgery without their parents' knowledge or consent, vermont Right to Life Committee's opening a whole new world here if Vermont Right to Life Committee passes.

5. Kathy Niakan:

   This knowledge may improve embryo development after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and might provide better clinical treatments for infertility, any donated embryos would be used for research purposes only.