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
How To Use conceptus In A Sentence
- The conceptus, like the infant, the child, and the adolescent, is a being who is in the process of unfolding its potential; that is, the potential to grow and develop itself but not to change what it is.
- However, the error rate in a genetically modified or cloned conceptus is potentially so high that such applications should never be approved by any science ethics committee.
- It is essential for the nidation of the conceptus and is thought to inhibit myometrial contractility, thereby ensuring that the uterus is kept in a quiescent state throughout pregnancy.
- Nonne et ab ore magni illius hominis in ora omnium Christianorum diriuatum est: Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum, et in peccatis concepit me mater mea? A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
- Thus the difference in susceptibility to RDS in premature singletons and multiples may depend on the size of the conceptus.
- It has been estimated that at least 50% of human conceptuses are aneuploid, although the vast majority are lost by miscarriage.
- IUD insertion or mifepristone administration following ovulation may cause endometrial changes that could impede implantation of the conceptus in the endometrium.
- Thus, it is argued that pregnancy only comes within the law relating to abortion upon the implantation of the conceptus in the womb, not at the point of fertilization.
- One or more intramuscular injections of the medication usually cause resorption or spontaneous tubal abortion of the ectopic conceptus.
- But we do not suppose that this nature and plan by themselves account for the later development of the zygote and conceptus.
