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embryonic
[em-bree-on-ik]
embryonic
/ ˌɛmbrɪˈɒnɪk, ˈɛmbrɪənəl /
adjective
of or relating to an embryo
in an early stage; rudimentary; undeveloped
Other Word Forms
- embryonically adverb
- nonembryonal adjective
- nonembryonic adjective
- nonembryonically adverb
- pseudoembryonic adjective
- unembryonal adjective
- unembryonic adjective
- ˌˈDzԾ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of embryonic1
Example Sentences
As for Tesfaye, he’s not uninteresting as a screen presence, but it’s an embryonic magnetism, in need of material richer than a bunch of close-ups that culminate in a howl of a ballad.
Bowing to religious and partisan ideologues in 2001, George W. Bush restricted embryonic stem cell research.
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.
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Related Words
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- immature
- incipient
- undeveloped
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