embryo implantation

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• Embryo transfer — Intervention 8 cell embryo for transfer 3 days after fertilization MeSH …   Wikipedia

• Implantation — may have the following meanings. Implantation (human embryo), an event that occurs early in human pregnancy in which the human embryo adheres to the wall of the uterus Ion implantation, insertion of ions, in semiconductor device fabrication… …   Wikipedia

• Embryo — An embryo (from Greek: Polytonic|ἔμβρυον , plural Polytonic|ἔμβρυα , lit. that which grows, from en in + bryein to swell, be full ) is a multicellular diploid eukaryote in its earliest stage of development, from the time of first cell division… …   Wikipedia

• Implantation — The act of setting in firmly. In embryology, implantation refers specifically to the attachment of the fertilized egg to the uterine lining, which occurs approximately 6 or 7 days after conception (fertilization). In medicine today, many things… …   Medical dictionary

• embryo — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ developing ▪ fertilized ▪ early ▪ the cells of an early embryo ▪ frog, human …   Collocations dictionary

• embryo — noun (plural embryos) Etymology: Medieval Latin embryon , embryo, from Greek embryon, from en + bryein to swell; akin to Greek bryon catkin Date: 1548 1. a. archaic a vertebrate at any stage of development prior to birth or hatching b. an animal… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Embryo — The organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation from fertilization to, in humans, the beginning of the third month of pregnancy. After that point in time, it is termed a fetus. * * * 1. An organism in the early stages of… …   Medical dictionary

• implantation — /im plan tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of implanting. 2. the state of being implanted. 3. Pathol. a. the movement of cells to a new region. b. metastasis, when spontaneous. 4. Med. the application of solid medicine underneath the skin. 5. Embryol.… …   Universalium

• implantation — n. 1) (nidation) the attachment of the early embryo to the lining of the uterus, which occurs at the blastocyst stage of development, six to eight days after ovulation. The site of implantation determines the position of the placenta. 2) the… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• implantation — noun Date: 1578 1. a. the act or process of implanting something b. the state resulting from being implanted 2. in placental mammals the process of attachment of the early embryo to the maternal uterine wall …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• implantation — im•plan•ta•tion [[t]ˌɪm plænˈteɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of implanting 2) the state of being implanted 3) dvl the attachment of the early embryo to the lining of the uterus • Etymology: 1570–80 …   From formal English to slang