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
- It is estimated that between 60 and 80% of all conceptuses are lost early in gestation.
- The medical induction yielded intact products of conception in 122 cases, whereas 31 cases had to be completed by curettage, as the expulsion of the conceptus was incomplete.
- In the present study, haemorrhage of the conceptus is observed in LPS-induced pregnancy failure, indicating an increased permeability of the placental capillaries.
- More pointedly, personal reality is not to be confused with ‘the presence of certain activities’ (either in the conceptus or the adult).
- Note 56: PrSalQ, B294, p. 140: "Quare femine primo et secundo conceptus mense non appetanda appetunt, ut carbones et similia; in ceteris autem mensibus non est adeo irrationabilis earum appetitus?" back A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
- Temporary heat stress near the time of estrus and ovulation can reduce oocyte quality by altering meiotic processes, directly affecting conceptus quality and survival.
- From the e18 conceptuses, brain, liver, and the placenta were dissected for methylation analysis.
- And indeed biologists tend to talk about the embryo before that, as a conceptus or a pre-embryo.
- In the pregnant cow, the conceptus (embryo and associated membranes) must inhibit the release of uterine PGF 2alpha so that the corpus luteum continues to secrete progesterone and pregnancy can be established.
- Indeed it will be several weeks before a nervous system develops that could allow the developing conceptus to feel pain or be aware.
