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Added 9 October 2026

conceptus

noun

Latin root: cōncipiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about conceptus at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.

Origin

From Latin cōncipiō (“to take hold of, to receive”), from Latin capiō (“to capture”).

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