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embryogony |
embryography |
embryologic |
embryological |
embryologist |
embryology
| embryoma of the kidney
| embryon
| embryonal
| embryonal carcinoma
| embryonal carcinosarcoma
embryology
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun embryology has 1 sense
- embryology(n = noun.cognition) - the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms; is a kind of biological science, biology
has particulars: teratology
Derived forms adjective embryologic1, adjective embryonic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
embryology, n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + -logy: cf. F. embryologie.].
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
embryology, n. the study of embryos.
Derivative
embryologic adj. embryological adj. embryologically adv. embryologist n.
THESAURUS
embryology
aerobiology, agrobiology, anatomy, astrobiology, bacteriology, biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy, bioecology, biological science, biology, biometrics, biometry, bionics, bionomics, biophysics, botany, cell physiology, cryobiology, cybernetics, cytology, ecology, electrobiology, enzymology, ethnobiology, exobiology, genetics, gnotobiotics, life science, microbiology, molecular biology, pharmacology, physiology, radiobiology, taxonomy, virology, xenobiology, zoology
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