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embryo

[em-bree-oh] / ˈɛm briˌoʊ /
NOUN
fetus
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The next phase of the research will explore how different gravity environments, including those on the Moon, Mars, and in artificial gravity systems, affect sperm navigation and early embryo development.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Scientists from the Robinson Research Institute, the School of Biomedicine, and the Freemasons Centre for Male Health and Wellbeing studied how space-like conditions affect sperm navigation, fertilization, and early embryo development.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

She became pregnant with the first embryo and everything seemed to be progressing normally and both women allowed themselves to believe the future they'd imagined was finally happening.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

A week later it was confirmed that the embryo hadn't become a baby.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

Here, Darwin reverted to an old idea: the instructions from the male and female simply met in the embryo and blended together like paints or colors.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee