at conception

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at the exact moment when a pregnancy begins

conceptionPREPOSITION + NOUN (pregnancy)

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Examples (10)

  • A person's genetic makeup is determined at conception.
  • The debate often centers on when life truly begins: at conception or at a later stage.
  • Many genetic disorders are already present at conception.
  • The fusion of sperm and egg marks the biological start of an organism at conception.
  • A unique individual with its own complete set of DNA is created at conception.
  • They learned that the congenital condition had been established at conception.
  • Future technologies might allow for the correction of genetic defects at conception.
  • The biological sex of the embryo is fixed at conception.
  • For some, moral status is granted to the embryo at conception.
  • The potential for twins is sometimes decided at conception or shortly after.