What does conception mean?

Answer 1

CONCEPTION : the beginning or imagining of an object or idea Generally, the term is used to designate the initial stages of a plan or project, when its parameters are created. More specifically, it is used in society and medicine to designate the formation of a human embryo by the combination of a sperm cell and an egg cell. It is the first stage in creating a new person. ( French concevoir, to create)

Answer 2

1. Formation of a viable zygote by the union of the male sperm and female ovum; fertilization. 2. The entity formed by the union of the male sperm and female ovum; an embryo or zygote. 3. The ability to form or understand mental concepts and abstractions. 4. Something conceived in the mind; a concept, plan, design, idea, or thought. Archaic. A beginning; a start.

Answer 3

Conception is the first step in the development of a new human (or other organism that uses sexual reproduction) that involves the fusion of gametes (haploid cells, sex cells).

The specific point is when the male sperm cell joins with the nucleus of the female egg cell. This forms a cell called a zygote, the precursor to the new baby (fetus), which combines the DNA from the two parent organisms.

Answer 4

Conception refers to the moment when a sperm fertilizes an egg, resulting in the formation of a zygote. This marks the start of a pregnancy and the beginning of the development of a new individual.