Embryology

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embryology \Em`bry*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo +
     -logy: cf. F. embryologie.] (Biol.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  embryology
       n : the branch of biology that studies the formation and early
           development of living organisms

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "embryology":
     aerobiology, agrobiology, anatomy, astrobiology, bacteriology,
     biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy, bioecology, biological science,
     biology, biometrics, biometry, bionics, bionomics, biophysics,
     botany, cell physiology, cryobiology, cybernetics, cytology,
     ecology, electrobiology, enzymology, ethnobiology, exobiology,
     genetics, gnotobiotics, life science, microbiology,
     molecular biology, pharmacology, physiology, radiobiology,
     taxonomy, virology, xenobiology, zoology