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embryonic

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adjective
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As an adjective, embryonic means of or relating to an embryo.

Meanings of embryonic

4 meanings

adjective

  1. embryologyOf or relating to an embryo.

  2. figurativelyOf a project, etc: very new and still evolving; yet to reach its full potential.

  3. Of an organism prior to birth or hatching

    “in the embryonic stage”

    “embryologic development”

    Similar: embryologic, embryonal

  4. In an early stage of development

    “the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre”

    “an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing”

    Similar: embryotic

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: of an organism prior to birth or hatching
embryologicembryonal
adjective: in an early stage of development
embryotic

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