embryology

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
embryology
    n 1: the branch of biology that studies the formation and early
         development of living organisms
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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