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Word: Embryo
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (as embrion): via medieval Latin from Greek embruon ‘fetus’, from em- ‘into’ + bruon ‘moss’, literally ‘something that swells’
ˈɛmbrɪəʊ
an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization (after which it is usually termed a fetus).
Short Definition:unborn or unhatched offspring
a thing at a rudimentary stage that shows potential for development
Short Definition:thing at rudimentary stage
Examples:- a simple commodity economy is merely the embryo of a capitalist economy
- an embryo central bank
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