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έμβρυο — meaning in English

emvryo

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English meaning

  • embryo noun An organism in the earliest stage of development, before it is recognizably formed — in humans, roughly the first eight weeks after conception.
  • fetus noun An unborn mammal at a later stage of development, showing recognizable features of the adult animal.

Senses

έμβρυο is used for these senses in English:

  • fetus An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.

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.