embryologist

[ em-bree-ol-uh-jist ]

/ ˌɛm briˈɒl ə dʒɪst /

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a specialist in embryology.

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

After talking with Samson and an embryologist in India, the couple drove to Chicago to meet with Samson.
Outsourcing Pregnancy|Doree Shafrir|October 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Instead, they're found by a social worker at an NGO, according to embryologist Samit Sekhar.
Outsourcing Pregnancy|Doree Shafrir|October 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The explanation of such facts has opened out to the embryologist quite a new series of problems.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour
These discoveries were confirmed and extended for the 135chick by the embryologist Huschke, a pupil of Oken.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

He was, even more than von Baer, a comparative embryologist, and there were few groups of animals that he did not study.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
When the life history of a form is fully known, the most difficult part of his task is still before the scientific embryologist.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
I intend to have no children—it is an embryologist who is speaking.
Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916|Olga Metchnikoff

embryologist

[ ĕm′brē-ŏl′ə-jĭst ]

A specialist in embryology.