pre-ˈembryo Biol.
[f. pre- B. I. + embryo.]
‘The inferior of the two cells opposite to the micropyle in the vegetable ovule which, by its growth and division, gives rise to the embryo’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1895).
| 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Oct. 968 The amphibolic factor by its continued presence and influence..on the germ-cells and sperm-cells, the pre-embryo, embryo, and its primordial germ-cells, &c., renders it impossible for the germ elements..to live the charmed life of isolation. |