embryogeny

American  

[em-bree-oj-uh-nee] / ˌɛm briˈɒdʒ ə ni /

Also embryogenesis

noun

1. the formation and development of the embryo, as a subject of scientific study.

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embryogeny British  

/ ˌɛmbrɪˈɒdʒɪnɪ /

noun

1. Also called: embryogenesis. the formation and development of an embryo

2. the study of these processes

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Other Word Forms

• embryogenetic
  adjective
• embryogenic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of embryogeny

First recorded in 1825–35; embryo- + -geny

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Example Sentences

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embryogeny

At the stage which we have now reached a question arises, a question of major importance, touching the most nebulous aspect of embryogeny.

From More Hunting Wasps by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

In some forms, moreover, the broader fundamental features of embryogeny are already established before the entrance of the spermatozoon.

From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Michael F. Guyer

He accepts in general von Baer's law that the characters of the large groups appear earlier in embryogeny than the characters of the lesser classificatory divisions.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

The matter seemed involved in mystery, and no one attempted to raise the veil which hung over the subject of embryogeny.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

Opinions differed considerably as to the primitive mode of 295origin of the two-layered sac which was very generally admitted to be of constant occurrence in early embryogeny.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

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