Definition of "embryogenesis" [embryogenesis]

• The development and growth of an embryo. (noun)

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• "They involve most of the fundamental pathways and structures of embryogenesis."
• "A science-fiction scenario of an artificial womb in the far future would not change this calculation of natural embryogenesis."
• "Janet Rossant's lab studies early mouse embryogenesis and human stem cell lines."