conceptus
pronunciation
How to pronounce conceptus in British English:
UK [kən'septəs]
How to pronounce conceptus in American English:
US [kən'septəs]
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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
Word Origin
Example
- 1. An important function of progesterone dr. fessler said is that it dials down an early-warning part of the immune system inflammation which might prevent the embryo or conceptus from implanting itself in the placenta .