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  

/ ˌɛmbrɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪk, 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

Etymology

Origin of embryogeny

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

Example Sentences

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

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Presumably in early embryogeny, probably at the two-celled stage of cleavage, the two blastomeres become separated and each gives rise to a complete individual instead of only the half of one it would have produced had the two blastomeres remained together.

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When once it is established that the morphoplasm of each cell is controlled, and its character decided, by the idioplasm of the nucleus, the regular changes occurring in the egg-cell, and the products of its division in each embryogeny, must then be referred to the corresponding changes of the idioplasm.'

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

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Each felt compelled to challenge the immediate authority, and yet their intellectual isolation from the past was incomplete, and their views on embryogeny corresponded with more often than they differed from those of the person they railed against.

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