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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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6 words match “EMBRYOLOGY”

EMBRYOLOGY n.
The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.
EMBRYOLOGIC; EMBRYOLOGICAL a.
Of or pertaining to embryology.
EMBRYOLOGIST n.
One skilled in embryology.
NATURAL a.
on real affinities, as shown in the structure of all parts of the organisms, and by their embryology. It should be borne in mind that the natural system of botany is natural only in the constitution of its genera, tribes, orders, etc., and in its grand divisions. Gray. -- Natural theology, or Natural religion, that par…
WOLFFIAN n.
covered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology. Wolffian body, the mesonephros. -- Wolffian duct, the duct from the Wolffian body.
ZOOLOGY; ZOOELOGY n.
That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.