fertilized egg
Example Sentences
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The swelling that occurred in her lower abdomen, she says, was likely an ectopic pregnancy, in which a fertilized egg implants and grows outside of the uterus.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025
The awe-inspiring process of cell division can turn a fertilized egg into a baby -- or a cancerous cell into a malignant tumor.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024
The fertilized egg then evolves into a float that returns to the surface and forms another colony.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024
An ectopic pregnancy happens when a fertilized egg grows outside the uterus, most often in the fallopian tube, according to the Mayo Clinic.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023
The instructions, he argued obliquely, were blended together in the fertilized egg.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
