The process of embryo development from conception to birth; an older term for embryogenesis.
From Greek embryon (embryo) plus gonia (generation, reproduction). This term was particularly common in 19th-century naturalist writing.
Embryogony is an older scientific term you'll find in Darwin and Victorian naturalists—it's been replaced by 'embryogenesis,' but seeing the old term reminds us that science constantly refines and renames its concepts.
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