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embryo

noun as in fetus

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They had two options – either have a version of IVF whereby the embryo is tested for the gene before implantation, or conceive naturally and have the developing embryo tested.

From BBC

These violative space abominations force embryos down their victims’ throats to gestate inside their guts before bursting through their torsos.

From Salon

That refers to an attack on Gaza's largest fertility clinic that reportedly destroyed around 4000 embryos and 1000 sperm samples and unfertilised eggs.

From BBC

A baby boy has been born to an Ohio couple from an embryo that was frozen for more than 30 years, reportedly setting a new world record.

From BBC

Elliott told Bioethics and Culture she agreed to become a surrogate for a Chinese couple, and was told the embryo was conceived with the father’s sperm and a donor egg.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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