Medical Terminology / Unit 11 MedTerm 0705 short lesson, about 20 seconds
embry/o: Embryo
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The idea
The combining form embry slash o names an embryo, the developing organism in its earliest stage.
In practice
Embryology is the study of embryonic development.
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Embryo names the earliest stage. A later stage has its own term.
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