conceptus

[ kuhn-sep-tuhs ]

noun

, plural con·cep·tus·es.

1. the embryo and associated membranes of humans and other highly developed animals.

Word History and Origins

Origin of conceptus¹

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

A cognition is either an intuition or a conception (intuitus vel conceptus).

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For this reason we ought to call these conceptions, conceptions of comparison (conceptus comparationis).

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The Idea is never a conceptus dabilis; it is not an empirically possible conception.

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By conceptus cosmicus Kant means concept shared by the whole world, or common to all mankind.

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