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alkio — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • element noun A basic or essential part of something larger.
  • embryo noun An organism in the earliest stage of development, before it is recognizably formed — in humans, roughly the first eight weeks after conception.
  • entry noun The act of entering, or a means of entering a place.
  • germ noun A microorganism, especially one that causes disease, such as a bacterium or virus.
  • primordium noun An aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ.

Senses

alkio is used for these senses in English:

  • element (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
  • embryo In humans, usually the cell growth of the child within the mother's body, through the end of the seventh week of pregnancy.
  • entry A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
  • germ The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
  • primordium (anatomy) An aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ.

element — full definition

  1. noun A basic or essential part of something larger.
  2. noun In chemistry, a substance made of only one type of atom, which cannot be broken down into simpler substances.
  3. noun A small but noticeable amount of a quality, or a heating part inside an appliance.

embryo — full definition

  1. noun An organism in the earliest stage of development, before it is recognizably formed — in humans, roughly the first eight weeks after conception.
  2. noun The very earliest stage of a plan, project, or idea, before it has properly developed.

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