embryonal


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em·bry·on·ic

 (ĕm′brē-ŏn′ĭk) also em·bry·on·al (ĕm′brē-ə-nəl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or being an embryo.
2. also em·bry·ot·ic (-ŏt′ĭk) Rudimentary; incipient: an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing.

[From Medieval Latin embryō, embryōn-, embryo; see embryo.]

em′bry·on′ic·al·ly adv.
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Adj.1.embryonal - of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development"
immature - not yet mature
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embryonal

adj embrionario; — carcinoma carcinoma embrionario
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