Both Uses of
embryo
in
Middlemarch
- We know what a masquerade all development is, and what effective shapes may be disguised in helpless embryos.†
Chpt 1 *
- Doubtless a vigorous error vigorously pursued has kept the embryos of truth a-breathing: the quest of gold being at the same time a questioning of substances, the body of chemistry is prepared for its soul, and Lavoisier is born.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(embryo) an organism in the early stages of growth prior to birth, hatching, or sprouting; in humans the first eight weeks of development (prior to the fetal stage)