Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of embryo.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word embryos.

Examples

  • Clue: one of the embryos is of an aquatic organism.

    A New Book 2010

  • Is it mass murder when they get 8 or 10 embryos from a fertility clinic knowing they'll probably miscarry all but one of them?

    14 Important Science Questions 2008

  • Much to their surprise, the scientists found that some genes switched on in embryos were nearly identical to the genes that determined the head-to-tail axis of bilaterians, including humans.

    2008 June - Telic Thoughts 2008

  • She also states, "Each of those frozen embryos is a person; each deserves to be taken home by their own parents and each deserves to have a home, that is, if they survive the thawing process."

    The difficult issue of embryonic adoption 2008

  • IVF with the creation of several embryos is evil and adopting them just promotes the practice.

    The difficult issue of embryonic adoption 2008

  • It also says that efforts by infertile couples to adopt and implant frozen embryos is just as wrong as destroying embryos for stem cell research.

    Catholic Church updates code on birth technology 2008

  • This episode was called "Inconceivable" and focused on the theft of frozen embryos from a fertility clinic.

    Law & Order: SVU tackles Ashley X case/genetic testing BA Haller 2008

  • The idea of obtaining pluripotent stem cells from sources other than cloned embryos is no pipe dream.

    The Anti-Science Party 2007

  • The idea of obtaining pluripotent stem cells from sources other than cloned embryos is no pipe dream.

    Stromata Blog: 2007

  • How does natural selection go to work on embryos, in other words, to rejig them so they become ever more proficient at building successful bodies, with wings, or fins, leaves or armour plating, stings or tentacles or whatever it takes to survive?

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.