Conceptus

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  • noun. The product of conception at any point between fertilization and birth, especially the embryo and the extraembryonic membranes.
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  • noun. The fetus or embryo, including all the surrounding tissues protecting and nourishing it during pregnancy.
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  • noun. an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
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    "The conceptus from the very beginning is a human reality."
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