em·bryo·gen·ic
variants
or less commonly embryogenetic
: of, relating to, or involved in embryogenesis
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Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
For instance, during the embryogenesis of a fruit fly, cells in the embryo don’t just rearrange themselves; Kabla and his coauthors discovered that the cells also stretch.
—Anna Demming, Wired News, 16 Nov. 2025
For instance, during the embryogenesis of a fruit fly, cells in the embryo don’t just rearrange themselves; Kabla and his co-authors discovered that the cells also stretch.
—Anna Demming, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
And Shaevitz noted that a tissue’s multiscale liquid crystallinity could be related to embryogenesis—the process by which embryos mold themselves into organisms.
—WIRED, 10 Dec. 2023
Five more days Two independent groups of researchers, publishing back-to-back papers, have tried to bridge this gap by developing a primate system for studying embryogenesis.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 1 June 2023
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Noun
Synthetic embryo models, such as blastoids and gastruloids, which replicate key stages in mammalian embryogenesis in vitro, are slowly gaining traction as viable means of ex-vivo development.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
For instance, during the embryogenesis of a fruit fly, cells in the embryo don’t just rearrange themselves; Kabla and his coauthors discovered that the cells also stretch.
—Anna Demming, Wired News, 16 Nov. 2025
For instance, during the embryogenesis of a fruit fly, cells in the embryo don’t just rearrange themselves; Kabla and his co-authors discovered that the cells also stretch.
—Anna Demming, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
And Shaevitz noted that a tissue’s multiscale liquid crystallinity could be related to embryogenesis—the process by which embryos mold themselves into organisms.
—WIRED, 10 Dec. 2023
Five more days Two independent groups of researchers, publishing back-to-back papers, have tried to bridge this gap by developing a primate system for studying embryogenesis.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 1 June 2023
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“Embryogenesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embryogenesis. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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embryogenesis
noun
em·bryo·gen·e·sis
ˌem-brē-ō-ˈjen-ə-səs 
plural embryogeneses
-ˌsēz
: the formation and development of the embryo
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