Antonyms for embryology


Grammar : Noun
Spell : em-bree-ol-uh-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛm briˈɒl ə dʒi


Definition of embryology

Origin :
  • 1859, from embryon (see embryo) + -logy. Related: Embryologist (c.1850).
  • As in anatomy : noun study of animal, plant structure
Example sentences :
  • We cannot pursue the mind into embryology: we can only trace how, after birth, it begins to grow.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • See further the same author's article "Embryology" in the Ency.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • This comparison I have been able to make from a study of the embryology of Isotoma.
  • Extract from : « Our Common Insects » by Alpheus Spring Packard
  • Is there any fallacy in speaking of the Embryology of the New Life?
  • Extract from : « Natural Law in the Spiritual World » by Henry Drummond
  • But that belongs to the domain of Embryology, which is a separate science.
  • Extract from : « Woman » by William J. Robinson
  • He is not only a master of zoology, but has a good command of botany and embryology.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science » by Various
  • The same holds good with the evidence from Embryology and from Palontology.
  • Extract from : « The Origin of Vertebrates » by Walter Holbrook Gaskell
  • Until then embryology had been regarded as a purely descriptive science.
  • Extract from : « The Wonders of Life » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The embryology of Blatta germanica and Doryphora decimlineata.
  • Extract from : « The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches » by Louis M. Roth
  • The whole of embryology, in every department, is made up of examples of the same law.
  • Extract from : « Evolution » by Joseph Le Conte

Synonyms for embryology

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