Occupation or Discipline
embryology Audio
em·bry·ol·o·gy [ em-bree-ol-uh-jee ]
Subclass of:
Developmental Biology; Science of Anatomy
Definitions related to embryology:
  • Study of the formation and development of embryos; follows fertilization up to, but not including, birth or hatching.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The study of the development of an organism during the embryonic and fetal stages of life.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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