conceptus
Americannoun
plural
conceptusesEtymology
Origin of conceptus
1935–40; < New Latin; Latin: the action of conceiving, hence, something that is conceived, fetus, embryo, equivalent to concep- (variant stem of concipere to conceive; concept ) + -tus suffix of v. action
Example Sentences
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Rarely, an egg or a sperm might actually carry more than one chromosome, so the conceptus ends up with more than just a pair of sex chromosomes.
From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2013
Normally, when a sperm fertilizes an egg, the resulting human conceptus has 23 pairs of chromosomes.
From Scientific American • Jul. 26, 2013
Approximately 3 days after fertilization, a 16-cell conceptus reaches the uterus.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The movie ends with the hatching of the conceptus.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Illic sunt homines àbsque vllo ingenio penitus bestiales, serpentibus, vermibusque vescentes, nec inuicem loquentes, sed conceptus suos signis et indicijs ostendentes.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard
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