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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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Just got my Michigan rejection
BookwormBroker
16:10
same
RoaldDahl
16:10
@HopefullyInLawSchool: what if i already got rejected. does it mean anything
HopefullyInLawSchool
16:12
@RoaldDahl: Likely not however it could mean nothing
RoaldDahl
16:15
So if it means nothing does that mean something?
HopefullyInLawSchool
16:17
Possibly
RoaldDahl
16:26
Cool
RoaldDahl
16:26
thank you!!!! i hope it means something
pinkandblue
16:31
fart
IrishDinosaur
16:36
Mich R gang lesgooo
Did anyone else get that random get to know nova email?
HopefullyInLawSchool
17:21
Ya it was sent to all YM applicants
starfishies
17:37
Anyone get the NDLS email inviting you to apply for something even though they haven’t made a decision on your app yet
17:38
Better yet I got the email and I was rejected last month
starfishies
17:38
Wtf
starfishies
17:39
and the deadline is in like a week what is this
any cardozo movement?
BatmanBeyond
18:01
Sent a LOCI via portal, but I'm wondering if email would have gotten me a swifter response
BatmanBeyond
18:02
This whole hold/wait-list/reserve system is a headache
loci already?
BatmanBeyond
18:09
If the odds are like 1-2% I don't think it matters much by the numbers
12:11
I got the same NDLS email
OrangeThing
12:18
I think the user profiles are broken
19:29
Any word out of Notre Dame?
19:29
Only the invitation to apply for LSE
19:29
Anyone received a decision from NDLS?
19:50
when did u guys apply that just heard from umich? they havent even glanced at my app yet
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how am i supposed to spy on people when profile links are broken?
Right. Broken links smh
I've been UR since first/second week of Jan, no updates otherwise, is that a bad sign? At or above median LSAT and above 75th gpa.
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