Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fertilized ovum up to 14 days old, before it becomes implanted in the uterus.
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- noun a
fertilized human egg , up to 14 days old, that candevelop into an embryo; especially one to beimplanted byIVF
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Examples
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Breitowitz makes a distinction between the pre-embryo and frozen sperm.
Reproductive Technology, New (NRT). leBeit Yoreh 2009
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Based on these models Breitowitz suggests that in the event of divorce, either partner has the right to stop the process from going forward, the (former) wife has rights to carry on only until her remarriage, the woman may refuse to go on with implantation and the (former) husband cannot use the pre-embryo with another woman.
Reproductive Technology, New (NRT). leBeit Yoreh 2009
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It deals with genetic screening of pre-embryo in IVF, which is permitted.
Reproductive Technology, New (NRT). leBeit Yoreh 2009
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Nearly all poskim, however, even those who forbid genetic testing via amniocentesis or chorionic villi testing, lest the parents opt to abort a congenitally malformed fetus, allow pre-embryo screening.
Reproductive Technology, New (NRT). leBeit Yoreh 2009
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We need to promote the term "pre-embryo" to name the cells we are talking about.
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Many people, perhaps most, would see the destruction of a "pre-embryo" as worth the trade-off for such an accomplishment.
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This pre-embryo is implanted in the woman's uterus.
Designer Babies 2008
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According to general medical definitions of pregnancy that have been endorsed by many organizations including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the United States Department of Health and Human Services, pregnancy begins when a pre-embryo completes implantation into the lining of the uterus ACOG, 1998; DHHS, 1978; Hughes, 1972; “Make the Distinction?”
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Well, one researcher told me he believes this five-day-old cluster of cells is not an embryo, not yet an individual but a pre-embryo.
Online Speech Bank - George W. Bush On Stem Cell Research (8-09-01) 2001
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Additionally, there is some research to suggest that these antibodies do the most damage in the pre-embryo state, before implantation can take place.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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