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A quick definition of embryo:

An embryo is a developing animal that has not yet been born or hatched. In humans, an embryo is the stage of development from conception until the organs start to form, which is usually around the eighth week of pregnancy. Before this stage, it is called a zygote. In some religious beliefs, an embryo is considered to have a soul after a certain amount of time has passed since conception.

A more thorough explanation:

An embryo is a developing but unborn or unhatched animal. In humans, it refers to the unborn human from conception until the development of organs, which is usually about the eighth week of pregnancy. It is different from a fetus, which is a developing human from the eighth week of pregnancy until birth.

There are two types of human embryos recognized in ecclesiastical law:

  • Embryo formatus: A human embryo organized into human shape and endowed with a soul. This distinction was accepted by Gratian in his Decretum, where he stated that abortion is not murder if the fetus has not yet been infused with a soul. By the 16th century, canonists accepted that the time of formation and animation was the 40th day after conception for the male fetus and the 80th day for the female.
  • Embryo informatus: A human embryo before it has been endowed with a soul.

For example, a human embryo at six weeks of gestation is considered an embryo because it has not yet developed all of its organs. However, a human fetus at 20 weeks of gestation is not an embryo because it has already developed all of its organs and is in the fetal stage of development.

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21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:44
My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:46
Also has anyone's date disappeared for W&L? Mine did last night
7:55
@WorthlessAttractiveZombie: mine did yesterday morning
7:56
Oops sorry I meant Vilanova. Mine disappeared last week
soapy
8:48
UMN under review! As predicted, decisions are gonna come out early December
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