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

"I'm not an embryologist," said Anna Dostálová, Medistella's co-founder, "but I can help to explain how it works in my point of view, which sometimes the patients understand better."

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2020

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

It might seem intuitive for an embryologist to approach the problem of genesis forward—from the earliest events in the embryo to the development of a body plan of a full-fledged organism.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee