Definizione monolingua

embryo

embryo (plural embryos or embryones)

1. In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a foetus.
2. An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
3. In viviparous animals, the young animals earliest stages in the mothers body
4. In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mothers body
5. (botany) A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
6. The beginning; the first stage of anything.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 419:

     it dives into the heart of the observed, and there espies evil, as it were, in the first embryo [...]

Definizione dizionario embryo

	embrione
	an unborn baby that is less developed than a foetus
	An early stage of development in multicellular organisms.
	Minuscola, rudimentale pianta contenuta in un seme o archegonio.
	A minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium.

Altri significati:

In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a foetus.

An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.

In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body

The beginning; the first stage of anything.

botany: a rudimentary plant contained in the seed

In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body

(botany) A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.

an organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis

in humans: the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body

in viviparous animals: the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body