embryologist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of embryologist
First recorded in 1840–50; embryolog(y) + -ist
Example Sentences
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"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
The bride is the stepdaughter of Thomas J. Kuehl, an embryologist who is a research scientist at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Temple.
From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2019
In 1768, the Berlin embryologist Caspar Wolff tried to finesse an answer by concocting a guiding principle—vis essentialis corporis, as he called it—that progressively shepherded the maturation of a fertilized egg into a human form.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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