2. Noun. An embryonic organism, grown in vitro from a few cells ¹
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Definition of Embryoid
1. a mass of tissue that resembles an embryo [n -S]
Medical Definition of Embryoid
1. Resembling an embryo or a foetus. Synonym: embryoid, embryoniform. Origin: embryo-+ G. Eidos, appearance (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embryoid
Literary usage of Embryoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"(2) Teratoid, embryoid, or Mixed Tumors.—A large proportion of testicular tumors
are composed of more or less embryonal structures, derived from all three ..."
2. Clinical surgical diagnosis for students and practitioners by Fritz de Quervain (1913)
"It is important to distinguish cancer and sarcoma from the swellings described
by Wilms as embryoid tumours, which are derived from all the three layers of ..."
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