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embryo

[em-bree-oh] / ˈɛm briˌoʊ /
NOUN
fetus
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Using IVF, they created an embryo in London, which was shipped to Kyiv and stored in the clinic's cryogenic storage tanks.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The 22-year-old from eastern Ukraine is a surrogate, pregnant with an embryo from a Chinese couple's egg and sperm.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

An in-person doctor’s visit is the only reliable way to diagnose an ectopic pregnancy—a life-threatening condition in which an embryo implants outside the uterus.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

In Chloe’s case, she began the pregnancy process by contracting with a fertility clinic to implant an embryo conceived with Silvia’s egg and Fausto’s sperm.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Bean shaped and smaller than a speck of sand, the fruit fly embryo begins its life in a whir of activity.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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