Antonyms for embryo
ˈɛm briˌoʊem·b·ry·o

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1. embryo

   Antonyms:
   development, shape, completion, maturity

   Synonyms:
   germ, nucleus, rudiment, origin

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1. • Botany
   • Plant

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1. embryonoun

   (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

   Synonyms:
   fertilized egg, conceptus

2. embryo, conceptus, fertilized eggnoun

   an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life

   Synonyms:
   fertilized egg, conceptus

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1. embryoadjective

   Synonyms:
   undeveloped, rudimentary

How to use embryo in a sentence?

1. Kimberly Tyson:

   In the U.S., embryos are considered property so we don’t use adopting law, we use property law. Once the contracts are signed by both families, the adopting family owns the embryos and then they can proceed with making arrangements with their fertility clinic for the frozen embryo transfer.

2. Nikica Zaninovic:

   Grading of the embryo by a human is very subjective, using AI to grade the embryos means we can do some standardization.

3. Thomas Molinaro:

   You see a center who has high success rates but their average embryo transfer is 2.5 and they have 40 to 50 percent twins— they’re not doing a good job of selecting embryos appropriately.

4. Thomas Molinaro:

   When we biopsy the embryo for testing, this residual sperm can create interference which affects the fidelity of the testing. Using ICSI removes this contamination and results in better accuracy.

5. Nicholas Fisk:

   Even if two got in, an embryo with three rather than the normal two sets of chromosomes won't survive as a fetus.

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