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embryo

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embryo
noun
1 the development of the embryo in the uterus:
fetus, fertilized egg, unborn child/baby.
2 the building is used as the embryo of a university for the island:
rudimentary version, germ, nucleus, seed, root, source;
rudiments, basics;
beginning, start, basis, mainspring.
word linksembryo
embryology branch of medicine concerning embryos