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/kənsˈɛptəs/
/kənsˈɛptəs/Conceptus
[NOUN]1
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
Examples
1. If 80% of conceptuses die, that's 4 out of 5.
2. It turns out that from fertilization, in the next few weeks something like 80% of conceptuses die.
3. The fact, that's not widely appreciated, that 80% of conceptus' die genetically sits uneasily with an idea that life begins at conception.
4. but if you read the paper its 78% of fertilized conceptus' than die very rapidly of genetic death.
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