developmental anatomy

developmental anatomy
developmental anatomy n the anatomy of the embryo or fetus

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the field of study concerned with the changes that cells, tissues, organs, and the body as a whole undergo from fertilization of a secondary oocyte to the resulting offspring; it includes both prenatal (embryology and fetology) and postnatal development.

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