All 22 Uses
embryo
in
Jurassic Park
(Edited)
- For example, Hammond was starting a genetics company, but the tiny elephant hadn't been made by any genetic procedure; Atherton had simply taken a dwarf-elephant embryo and raised it in an artificial womb with hormonal modifications.
p. 65.5embryo = an organism in the early stages of growth prior to birth (and prior to the fetal stage)
- This plastic could be shaped into an egg and used to grow chick embryos.
p. 73.2embryos = organisms in the early stages of growth prior to birth (and prior to the fetal stage)
- Dodgson wanted more than bacterial DNA; he wanted frozen embryos,
p. 76.9 *
- Dodgson wanted more than bacterial DNA; he wanted frozen embryos, and he knew InGen guarded its embryos with the most elaborate security measures.
p. 76.9
- To obtain them, he needed an InGen employee who had access to the embryos, who was willing to steal them, and who could defeat the security.
p. 77.1
- And now that InGen was inviting contractors and advisers to visit the island, it was the moment that Dodgson had been waiting for—because it meant his man would have access to embryos.
p. 77.3
- Fifteen species, frozen embryos.
p. 77.7
- The embryos have to be back in San Jose by then.
p. 78.1
- Fifty thousand on delivery of each embryo.
p. 78.3embryo = an organism in the early stages of growth prior to birth (and prior to the fetal stage)
- And there were big walk-in freezers with shelves of frozen embryos, each stored in a tiny silver-foil wrapper.
p. 118.1embryos = organisms in the early stages of growth prior to birth (and prior to the fetal stage)
- The embryos must extract water from the surrounding environment.
p. 118.7
- The embryos are mechanically inserted, and then hatched here.
p. 119.3
- You probably know that all vertebrate embryos are inherently female. We all start life as females. It takes some kind of added effect—such as a hormone at the right moment during development—to transform the growing embryo into a male.
p. 122.2
- It takes some kind of added effect—such as a hormone at the right moment during development—to transform the growing embryo into a male.
p. 122.3embryo = an organism in the early stages of growth prior to birth (and prior to the fetal stage)
- But, left to its own devices, the embryo will naturally become female.
p. 122.3
- The embryos were arranged by species: Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus, Hadrosaurus, Tyrannosaurus.
p. 196.2embryos = organisms in the early stages of growth prior to birth (and prior to the fetal stage)
- Each embryo in a thin glass container, wrapped in silver foil, stoppered with polylene.
p. 196.2embryo = an organism in the early stages of growth prior to birth (and prior to the fetal stage)
- The whole idea behind the plan was that he could drive to the east dock, drop off the embryos, and be back in a few minutes, before anyone noticed.
p. 215.7embryos = organisms in the early stages of growth prior to birth (and prior to the fetal stage)
- Just so that Dodgson wouldn't forget he owed the rest of the money, Nedry was including a copy of the tape with the embryos.
p. 216.1
- I think I better go count my embryos.
p. 258.4
- Wu says fifteen embryos.
p. 305.4
- Hammond knew that in two separate vaults at InGen headquarters in Palo Alto were dozens of frozen embryos.
p. 427.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(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)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, Embryo can be a person's name.