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embryonic
[ em-bree-on-ik ]
adjective
- pertaining to or in the state of an embryo.
- rudimentary; undeveloped.
Synonyms: unfinished, immature, underdeveloped
embryonic
/ ˌɛmbrɪˈɒnɪk; ˈɛmbrɪənəl /
adjective
- of or relating to an embryo
- in an early stage; rudimentary; undeveloped
Derived Forms
- ˌembryˈonically, adverb
Other Words From
- embry·oni·cal·ly adverb
- nonem·bry·onal adjective
- nonem·bry·onic adjective
- nonem·bry·oni·cal·ly adverb
- pseudo·embry·onic adjective
- un·embry·o·nal adjective
- unem·bry·onic adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of embryonic1
Example Sentences
There have been six different prime ministers in the UK, Brexit, a global pandemic and three Olympic Games, and women's cricket is now unrecognisable from the days when professionalism was embryonic.
Arhgap36, a protein involved in many aspects of embryonic development, wasn’t previously known to affect skin or hair coloration.
She applied the technique both to mouse neurons grown in a dish and to samples from superthin slices of adult and embryonic mouse brain.
Cells don’t generally need both, so during embryonic development each cell randomly chooses one X to express genes from.
UVA's new discovery offers answers: Excessive stimulation of renin-producing cells in the kidney causes the cells to revert to an invasive, embryonic state.
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