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adjective
Date: circa 1841
1. of or relating to an embryo
2. being in an early stage of development ; incipient, rudimentary <an embryonic plan> • embryonically adverb
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Embryonic — Em bry*on ic, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary. [1913 Webster] {Embryonic sac} or {Embryonic vesicle} (Bot.), the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; sometimes called also {amnios sac}, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
embryonic — index inchoate, incipient, initial, original (initial), premature, prime (original), rudimentary … Law dictionary
embryonic — 1849, from Medical L. embryonem (see EMBRYO (Cf. embryo)) + IC (Cf. ic). Figurative use is from 1856 … Etymology dictionary
embryonic — [adj] rudimentary beginning, developing, early, elementary, evolving, germinal, immature, incipient, undeveloped; concepts 485,578,797 … New thesaurus
embryonic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to an embryo. 2) in or at a rudimentary stage … English terms dictionary
embryonic — [em′brē ə nəlem΄brē än′ik] adj. 1. of or like an embryo: also embryonal [em′brē ə nəl] 2. in an early stage; undeveloped; rudimentary … English World dictionary
embryonic — [[t]e̱mbriɒ̱nɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n An embryonic process, idea, organization, or organism is one at a very early stage in its development. [FORMAL] ...Romania s embryonic democracy. ...the embryonic European central bank. ...embryonic… … English dictionary
embryonic — em|bry|on|ic [ˌembriˈɔnık US ˈa:n ] adj 1.) at a very early stage of development ▪ The plans are still only in embryonic form. 2.) relating to an ↑embryo ▪ embryonic development ▪ embryonic cells … Dictionary of contemporary English
embryonic — adjective 1. of an organism prior to birth or hatching in the embryonic stage embryologic development • Syn: ↑embryologic, ↑embryonal • Similar to: ↑immature • Derivationally related fo … Useful english dictionary
embryonic — adjective 1) an embryonic chick Syn: fetal, unborn, unhatched; in utero 2) an embryonic prodemocracy movement Syn: rudimentary, undeveloped, unformed, immature, incomplete, incipient, inchoate; … Thesaurus of popular words
