conceptus

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noun

The fetus or embryo, including all the surrounding tissues protecting and nourishing it during pregnancy.

Similar
embryofertilized egg
OriginLatin cōncipiō →
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Meanings

nounconceptus (plural conceptuses or concepti or conceptūs)

plural conceptuses · plural concepti · plural conceptūs

  1. The fetus or embryo, including all the surrounding tissues protecting and nourishing it during pregnancy.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life

Similar
embryofertilized egg
Broader
animalanimate beingbeast
Also see
embryo

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincapiō“to capture”
  2. Latincōncipiō“to take hold of, to receive”
  3. Englishconceptus

From Latin cōncipiō (“to take hold of, to receive”), from Latin capiō (“to capture”).

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APA

conceptus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conceptus

MLA

“conceptus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conceptus. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conceptus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conceptus.

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