SINCE 1828
embryophore
noun
em·bryo·phore
| \ ˈem-brē-ə-ˌfō(ə)r, -ˌfȯ(ə)r
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Medical Definition of embryophore
: the outer cellular covering of the hexacanth embryo of a tapeworm
broadly
: the covering and the included embryo
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