embryologist

American  

[em-bree-ol-uh-jist] / ˌɛm briˈɒl ə dʒɪst /

noun

1. a specialist in embryology.

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Etymology

Origin of embryologist

First recorded in 1840–50; embryolog(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

"If we can make the embryologist more efficient, more accurate, they might find sperm they wouldn't otherwise find. That gives a man the chance of fathering his own biological children."

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023

In the 1940s, however, embryologist Gerhard Fankhauser tested this idea by using cells with extra chromosomes that made them grow larger than their usual size.

From Scientific American • May 31, 2023

One option is donation for scientific research or embryologist training.

From Salon • May 31, 2023

It’s been more than 40 years since embryologist Jean Purdy watched as a single-cell embryo in a petri dish divided into two, then four, then eight cells that would become the world’s first IVF baby.

From The Guardian • May 5, 2020

In 1883, with rather grim determination, the German embryologist August Weismann had performed an experiment that directly attacked Darwin's gemmule theory of heredity.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee