Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hybrid embryo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: hy-brid em-bryo
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An embryo resulting from the sperm of one species fertilising the egg of another.

noun

Specifically, an embryo created artificially which combines human and animal DNA, in various proportions, for the purposes of medical research.

Example Sentences

"True hybrid embryos are the result of fertilising an egg with the sperm of another closely related species; for example, a mule is the hybrid offspring of a donkey and a horse."
"MPs pushed back the boundaries of science last night when they voted to allow the creation of hybrid embryos, which have a combination of human and animal DNA, as well as "saviour siblings" to save sick children."

Inflected Forms

hybrid embryos (plural)

Questions

What does hybrid embryo mean?: An embryo resulting from the sperm of one species fertilising the egg of another.

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