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Embryogony :: Embryogony (n.) The formation of an embryo.

Kenogenesis :: Kenogenesis (n.) Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis..

Embryotic :: Embryotic (a.) Embryonic.

Development :: Development (n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization..

Neuropore :: Neuropore (n.) An opening at either end of the embryonic neural canal.

Uterus :: Uterus (n.) A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append..

Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos..

Diphygenic :: Diphygenic (a.) Having two modes of embryonic development.

Develop :: Develop (v. i.) To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year..

Polyembryonic :: Polyembryonic (a.) Polyembryonate.

Plumule :: Plumule (n.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle..

Homosystemic :: Homosystemic (a.) Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo) differentiates..

Monogenesis :: Monogenesis (n.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to metagenesis..

Stomp :: Stomodaeum (n.) The primitive mouth and esophagus of the embryo of annelids and arthropods.

Gastrulation :: Gastrulation (n.) The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed..

Tritovum :: Tritovum (n.) An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg.

Metanephros :: Metanephros (n.) The most posterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in many vertebrates.

Antitropous :: Antitropous (a.) At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle..

Ossein :: Ossein (n.) The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen..

Embryonary :: Embryonary (a.) Embryonic.

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