Usually means: Surgical removal of an embryo.
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  1. embryectomy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. embryectomy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. embryectomy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. embryectomy: Wordnik
  5. embryectomy: Wiktionary
  6. embryectomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. embryectomy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. embryectomy: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. embryectomy: Dictionary.com
  10. embryectomy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. embryectomy: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (surgery) Removal of an embryo/fetus, especially if implanted outside of the uterus.

Similar:
embryotomy, embryulcia, embryoscopy, embolectomy, ectomy, embryofetoscopy, exeresis, endometrectomy, exenteration, oocytectomy, more...

Opposite:
implantation, fertilization, conception

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Similar:
embryotomy, embryulcia, embryoscopy, embolectomy, ectomy, embryofetoscopy, exeresis, endometrectomy, exenteration, oocytectomy, more...

Opposite:
implantation, fertilization, conception



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