Definition of Embryon

1. n. & a. See Embryo.

Definition of Embryon

1. an embryo [n -S] - See also: embryo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embryon

embryography
embryoid
embryoids
embryoless
embryolike
embryologic
embryological
embryologically
embryologies
embryologist
embryologists
embryology
embryoma
embryoma of the kidney
embryomorphous
embryon (current term)
embryonal
embryonal adenoma
embryonal area
embryonal carcinoma
embryonal carcinosarcoma
embryonal leukaemia
embryonal medulloepithelioma
embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
embryonal rhabdosarcoma
embryonal tumour
embryonal tumour of ciliary body
embryonary
embryonate
embryonated

Literary usage of Embryon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1875)
"THE product of generation retains the name of ovum until the form of the body begins to be apparent, when it is called the embryon. At the fourth month, ..."

2. A Text-book of Human Physiology by Austin Flint (1888)
"At the third week the embryon is two to three lines (4-2 to 6-4 mm.) in length. ... At the seventh week the embryon measures about nine lines (19-1 mm.). ..."

3. Annales Du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg by Kebun Raya Indonesia (1890)
"L? embryon et la plantule du Lycopodium cernuum L. Dans une courte communication, faite l'année passée, à Manchester, à la „British Association for the ..."

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