embrio

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A form of embryo — In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.

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Meanings

nounembrio (plural embrios)

plural embrios

  1. archaicArchaic form of embryo.

    One of theſe Virtuoſi ſeemed to think I might be an Embrio, or abortive Birth.

    1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Sent for to Court. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), pages 198–199
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APA

embrio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embrio

MLA

“embrio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embrio. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “embrio,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embrio.

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