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em·bry·ol·o·gy

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–noun, plural -gies.

1.	the science dealing with the formation, development, structure, and functional activities of embryos.

2.	the origin, growth, and development of an embryo: the embryology of the chick.

[Origin: 1840–50; embryo- + -logy

]

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em·bry·o·log·i·cal

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em·bry·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

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em·bry·ol·o·gy Audio Help (ěm'brē-ŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
n.

The branch of biology that deals with the formation, early growth, and development of living organisms.
The embryonic structure or development of a particular organism.

em'bry·o·log'ic (-ə-lŏj'ĭk), em'bry·o·log'i·cal adj., em'bry·o·log'i·cal·ly adv., em'bry·ol'o·gist n.

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embryology
noun
the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms

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ˌembryˈology [-ˈolədʒi] noun

the science of the formation and development of the embryo

Arabic:	عِلْم الأجِنَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	胚胎学
Chinese (Traditional):	胚胎學
Czech:	embryologie
Danish:	embryologi
Dutch:	embryologie
Estonian:	embrüoloogia
Finnish:	embryologia
French:	embryologie
German:	die Embryologie
Greek:	εμβρυολογία
Hungarian:	embriológia
Icelandic:	fósturfræði
Indonesian:	embriologi
Italian:	embriologia

Japanese:	発生学
Korean:	발생학, 태생학
Latvian:	embrioloģija
Lithuanian:	embriologija
Norwegian:	fosterlære, embryologi
Polish:	embriologia
Portuguese (Brazil):	embriologia
Portuguese (Portugal):	embriologia
Romanian:	embriolog
Russian:	эмбриология
Slovak:	embryológia
Slovenian:	embriologija
Spanish:	embriología
Swedish:	embryologi
Turkish:	embriyoloji

See also: embryo, embryonic

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embryology Audio Help (ěm'brē-ŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
The scientific study of embryos and their development.

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embryology [(em-bree-ol-uh-jee)]

The study of the embryo; a major field of research in modern biology.

[Chapter:] Life Sciences

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Embryology

Em`bry*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + -logy: cf. F. embryologie.] (Biol.) The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.

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