embryologist

[em-bree-ol-uh-jist]

noun

1. a specialist in embryology.

Word History and Origins

Origin of embryologist¹

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

Example Sentences

Alabama Fertility Services said in a statement Thursday that has “made the impossibly difficult decision to hold new IVF treatments due to the legal risk to our clinic and our embryologists.”

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Alabama Fertility, the largest clinic in the state, announced in a Facebook post on Thursday its "impossibly difficult decision to hold new IVF treatments due to the legal risk to our clinic and our embryologists".

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"When an embryologist looks down the microscope, what they see is just this complete mess - a starscape of cells," he says.

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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.

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One option is donation for scientific research or embryologist training.

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