Definition of embryo Embryo

/ɛˈmbɹiowˌ/ - [embreeow] - em•bry•o

We found 17 definitions of embryo from 7 different sources.

What does embryo mean?

Noun Plural: embryoes
embryo - an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
		conceptus, fertilized egg
		animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna, creature a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
		blastosphere, blastula early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs
		gastrula double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm
		morula a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula
embryo - (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
		plant life, flora, plant (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

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embryo (Noun)
In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
embryo (Noun)
An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
embryo (Noun)
In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body.
embryo (Noun)
In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body.
embryo (Noun)
A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
embryo (Noun)
The beginning; the first stage of anything.

embryo (n.)
The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant
embryo (n.)
The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus).
embryo (n.)
The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination.
embryo (a.)
Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.

embryo
An early stage of development in multicellular organisms.
embryo
A minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium.

embryo
em′bri-ō, Embryon, em′bri-on, n. the young of an animal in its earliest stages of development: the part of a seed which forms the future plant: the beginning of anything:—pl. Em′bryos, Em′bryons.—ns. Embryoc′tomy, destruction of the fetus in the uterus; Embryog′eny, the formation and development of the embryo; Embryog′raphy, description of the embryo.—adjs. Embryolog′ic, -al, of or pertaining to embryology.—ns. Embryol′ogist; Embryol′ogy, science of the embryo or fetus of animals.—adjs. Em′bryonate, -d, in the state of an embryo; Embryon′ic, Embryot′ic, of or relating to anything in an imperfect state: rudimentary.—ns. Embryot′omy, the division of a fetus to effect delivery; Embryul′cia, forcible extraction of a fetus. [Low L.,—Gr. embryon—em (=en), in, bryein, to swell.]

Embryo is an early stage of animal or human development. The embryo comes from the zygote, and grows into the fetus.

The embryo contains the basic cells needed to create a living thing. The cells contain DNA, which is thought of as the building block of life. DNA is like a map, that shows every characteristic of the living thing.