To cause or undergo embryonic development; to develop into or contain an embryo.
From embryon plus the verbal suffix -ate, meaning 'to make or cause to become.' Used in scientific contexts to describe the process of embryo formation.
When parasitologists talk about embryonated eggs, they mean the egg has developed a live parasite inside—it's infectious and dangerous, unlike unfertilized parasite eggs.
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