An organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation, from fertilization to the beginning of the third month of pregnancy (in humans). After that point in time, an embryo is called a fetus.

Early stage in the development of a plant or an animal. In animals that have a backbone or spinal column, this stage lasts from shortly after fertilization until all major body parts appear. In partic [..]

(em-bree-oh) [Gk. en, in + bryein, to swell] A developing stage of multicellular organisms; in humans, the stage in the development of offspring from the first division of the zygote until body struct [..]

Stage in the developing mammal at which the characteristic organs and organ systems are being formed: for humans, this involves the stages of development from the second to the eighth week (inclusive [..]

Fertilized egg in its early stages of development; after body parts can be distinguished, it is known as a fetus.

The zygote that is developed after conception

In humans, the developing organism from conception until approximately the end of the second month; developmental stages from this time to birth are commonly designated as fetal.

"fetus in utero at an early stage of development," mid-14c., from Medieval Latin embryo, properly embryon, from Greek embryon "a young one," in Homer, "young animal," lat [..]

The organism that develops from the pre-embryo and begins to share the woman’s blood supply about 16–18 days after fertilization (seven to eight days after implantation).

unborn animal in the early stages of development.

An incipient nucleus of many molecular dimensions for the initiation of one phase in another, as ice in supercooled water.

The earliest stage of development in an animal or plant. An embryo begins to form following the fusion of egg and sperm (a zygote).

An animal or human at an early stage of development, before birth. In humans the term refers to an unborn child up to the eighth week of development.

A rudimentary plant formed within a seed.

The structure within a seed that develops into a plant.

Immature plant

the part of a seed that is a miniature plant in an arrested state or development

The structure within a seed that develops into a plant.

Earliest multicellular stage in the development of an organism from a fertilized ovule. Formed from the zygote

The immature plant living dormant inside a seed. See Seed Starting: Germination

The dormant, immature plant within each seed. The 'germ' referred to in wheat germ.

The dormant, immature plant within a seed; the "germ" referred to in wheat germ.

a zygote (fertilized egg) whose cells have divided prior to its developing into a foetus.

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in l [..]

The small plantlet within the seeds in almond, the embryo develops into the kernel.

Stage of human development between zygote and fetus, typically the first eight weeks of human development. © Nature Education

The first name for an unborn baby in the very early stages of pregnancy, before it becomes known as a foetus.

The early developmental stage that, through embryological development, ultimately becomes an adult individual. In plants, that portion of a seed that will form the growing seedling following germination; it has a radicle, apical meristem, and embryonic leaf or leaves. embryogenesis

A stage in the development of an animal between cleavage of a fertilised egg and birthor hatching. In humans it is called a foetus after 8 weeks.

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In human development, we call an organism in the early, prenatal stage from about 2 weeks to 2 months after fertilization an embryo. The embryonic stage makes up the majority of the first trimester an [..]

Having to do with an early stage in the development of a plant or an animal. In vertebrate animals, this stage lasts from shortly after fertilization until all major body parts appear. In particular, [..]

the rudimentary plant present in a mature seed or within the archegonium after fertilization and some development.

An embryo is a very young, unborn organism.

The earliest stage in a developing animal. Humans are considered to be embryos until 8–10 weeks after conception.

Plant or animal at an early stage of development.

A multicellular diploid eukaryote in its earliest stage of development, from the time of first cell division until birth, hatching, or germination. In human development the first 10 weeks is called an embryo.

A minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed.

(French : embryon) fetus before the end of the third month.

Defined in the Assisted Human Reproduction Act as a human organism during the first 56 days of its development following fertilization or creation, excluding any time during which its development has [..]

a period during pregnancy where the baby has rapid growth, and the main external features begin to take form.

(n) (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium(n) an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages b [..]

A fertilised egg.

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the immature plant inside a seed.

An embryo is the name given to the early stages of foetal growth, from conception to the eighth week of pregnancy.

a zygote that has begun mitosis (cell division).

An organism in early stages of development, before hatching from an egg. Estrus

This term is applied to the earliest stages of development of a plant or an animal. The embryo is generally contained in another structure: the seed, egg or uterus.

The entities of developing Animals in early stages.

A mammalian Fetus expelled by Induced Abortion or Spontaneous Abortion.

The developmental entity of a fertilized Chicken egg (Zygote). The developmental process begins about 24 h before the egg is laid at the Blastodisc, a small whitish spot on the surface of the Egg Yolk [..]

The entity of a developing Mammal (Mammals), generally from the cleavage of a Zygote to the end of Embryonic differentiation of basic structures. For the Human Embryo, this represents the first two mo [..]

The developmental entity of a Fertilized Egg (Zygote) in Animal species other than Mammals. For Chickens, use Chick Embryo.

The encapsulated Embryos of flowering Plants. They are used as is or for Animal feed because of the high content of concentrated nutrients like starches, Proteins, and Fats. Rapeseed, cottonseed, and [..]

A post-Morula preimplantation Mammalian Embryo that develops from a 32-Cell stage into a fluid-filled hollow ball of over a hundred Cells. A blastocyst has two distinctive Tissues. The outer layer of [..]

In humans, an infant developing in the uterus (womb) from conception until about two months after conception.

The early developmental stage of MAMMALS. It generally defines the period from cleavage into two BLASTOMERES to the end of embryonic differentiation of basic structures. In the human, the embryo repre [..]

The embryo of species other than mammals. For the chicken, use the specific CHICK EMBRYO.

An undeveloped fetus.'

An organism just after conception; for instance, in humans during the first eight weeks of in-utero development.

The earliest stage of development of an animal in the womb, before any of the major body organs have formed.

An animal in the early stages of development in the womb or egg.

An animal in the early stage of development before birth. In humans, the embryo stage lasts from the time of fertilization until the end of the eighth week of gestation, when it becomes known as a fetus.

a fertilized egg

When a fertilized egg grows to be a certain size and sticks itself to the inside of the uterus, it it called an embryo.

Fertilization is also the application of manure or minerals to soil so plants have their needs met.

An animal in the early stage of development before birth. In humans, the embryo stage is the first three months following conception. 

The product of a fertilised egg, from the zygote until the foetal stage.

the body formed by the division of the zygote and subsequent cell divisions.

 the fertilized egg after it has divided and until the end of its second month of development.

An egg that has been fertilized by a sperm and undergone one or more divisions.

The structure that develops from the zygote.

General: an organism in early stages of development, before hatching from an egg. Human: A fertilized egg that has begun cell division, often called a pre-embryo (for pre-implantation embryo). An embr [..]

The dormant, immature plant within a seed; the "germ" referred to in wheat germ.

That portion of the seed resulting from union of male and female gametes and developing into a mature plant.

An organism in the process of developing from a fertilized or parthogenetically activated ovum.

A development stage in the egg of a reptile before hatching.

An egg that has been fertilized by a sperm and undergone one or more divisions.

The product of the division of the zygote to the end of the embryonic stage, 8 weeks after fertilization. (This definition does not include either parthenotes—generated through parthenogenesis—nor pro [..]

Once the egg has joined with the sperm it is called an embryo.

The product of a fertilized egg, from the zygote until the fetal stage.

The earliest stage of development of a baby after the egg is fertilized by the sperm.

The early stage of the human fetus, between implantation and eight weeks of pregnancy.

The term used to describe the early stages of fetal growth. Defined from the second to ninth week of pregnancy, but often used to designate any time after conception.

A collection of cells in the earliest stage of development (after the egg is fertilised by sperm).

the unborn offspring from conception until, in the human species, the seventh or eighth week of gestation.