embryogenesis etymology

English word embryogenesis comes from English embryo, English -genesis (Origin. Production.)

Detailed word origin of embryogenesis

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
embryo English (eng) (botany) A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.. An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.. In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body. In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.. In viviparous animals, the [...]
-genesis English (eng) Origin. Production.
embryogenesis English (eng) The process by which an embryo is formed and develops.

Words with the same origin as embryogenesis

Descendants of embryo
embryectomy endorhiza
Descendants of -genesis
aerogenesis amyloidogenesis androgenesis baryogenesis cacogenesis carcinomagenesis cementogenesis digenetic dysgenesis enteropathogenesis hadrogenesis hematogenesis hepatogenesis mitogenesis monogenesis nephrogenesis neurogenesis noegenesis organogenesis orthogenesis osteogenesis parthenogenesis retinogenesis virogenesis