transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈem-brē-ˌō ]
noun
( plural em·bry·os )
Etymology: Medieval Latin embryon-, embryo, from Greek embryon, from en- + bryein to swell; akin to Greek bryon catkin
Date: 1548
1.
a. archaic : a vertebrate at any stage of development prior to birth or hatching
b. : an animal in the early stages of growth and differentiation that are characterized by cleavage, the laying down of fundamental tissues, and the formation of primitive organs and organ systems ; especially : the developing human individual from the time of implantation to the end of the eighth week after conception
2. : the young sporophyte of a seed plant usually comprising a rudimentary plant with plumule, radicle, and cotyledons
3.
a. : something as yet undeveloped
b. : a beginning or undeveloped state of something
productions seen in embryo during their out-of-town tryout period — Henry Hewes