'Embryology' definitions:
Definition of 'embryology'
From: WordNet
noun
The branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms
Definition of 'Embryology'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'embryology'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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