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This photo of an opened oviduct with an ectopic pregnancy features a spectacularly well preserved 10-millimeter human embryo in the 7th week of pregnancy.

(genetic biology)

Grammar: noun
plural: embryos
Definition: the early stage of the development of an organism
Example:
1. In meiosis, haploid gametes fuse to form diploid embryos.

2. Embryonic stem cell technology attempts to generate specific cell types to replace damaged tissue.
Related Word: embryonic (adjective)