Definition
An archaic or variant term for an embryo, especially used in older scientific texts.
Etymology
Direct from Greek embryon 'unborn creature.' This form was more common in 17th-18th century scientific writing before 'embryo' became standard.
Kelly Says
Old scientific texts use 'embryon' like Shakespeare used archaic English—it shows how even scientific vocabulary changes and becomes refined over centuries.
Translations
ARالعربية
الجنين
al-jinin
CSČeština
embryo
em-bri-o
DEDeutsch
Embryo
em-bri-o
ELΕλληνικά
βρέφος
vre-fos
ESEspañol
embrión
em-bri-OHN
FISuomi
embrioo
em-bri-oo
FRFrançais
embryon
em-bʁi-ɔ̃
GUGU
એમબ્રિયો
ae-m-bri-yo
HIहिन्दी
जन्मजात
janm-jaat
IDBahasa Indonesia
embrion
em-bri-on
ITItaliano
embrione
em-bri-OH-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
embrion
em-bri-on
NLNederlands
embryo
em-bri-o
PLPolski
embrion
em-bri-on
PTPortuguês
embrião
em-bri-a-o
RORomână
embrion
em-bri-on
RUРусский
эмбрион
em-bri-on
SVSvenska
embryo
em-bri-o
SWKiswahili
embryon
em-bri-on
UKУкраїнська
ембріон
em-bri-on
VITiếng Việt
phôi thai
fOi thai