Associations to the word «Conceptus»

Wiktionary

CONCEPTUS, noun. The fetus or embryo, including all the surrounding tissues protecting and nourishing it during pregnancy.

Dictionary definition

CONCEPTUS, 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.

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche