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embryo

[em-bree-oh] / ˈɛm briˌoʊ /
NOUN
fetus
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Then there are the costs of in vitro fertilization and egg and embryo storage that can accompany later-in-life pregnancies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

In late 2023, CooperSurgical recalled three lots of embryo culture solution used for in vitro fertilization.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

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

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

Units of hereditary information, encoded in DNA and packaged on chromosomes, are transmitted through sperm and egg into an embryo, and from the embryo to every living cell in an organism’s body.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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