embryologist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of embryologist
First recorded in 1840–50; embryolog(y) + -ist
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In a published scientific paper, the UTS biomedical engineering team said that in a test SpermSearch was 1,000 times faster than an experienced embryologist.
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
One Ukrainian embryologist has estimated that before the war, roughly 3,200 implantations were performed in the country each year — creating, through the fees and also the associated tourism, a new, thriving economic sector.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
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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