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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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embryonic

(ˌɛmbrɪˈɒnɪk) or

embryonal

adj
1. (Biology) of or relating to an embryo
2. in an early stage; rudimentary; undeveloped
ˌembryˈonically adv
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em•bry•on•ic

(ˌɛm briˈɒn ɪk)

also em•bry•o•nal

(ˈɛm bri ə nl, ˌɛm briˈoʊn l)

adj.
1. pertaining to or being in the state of an embryo.
2. rudimentary; undeveloped.
[1840–50]
em`bry•on′i•cal•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.embryonic - of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development"
immature - not yet mature
2.embryonic - in an early stage of development; "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing"
early - being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"
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embryonic

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Translations
بِدائي ، في مَرْحَلَة التَّكْوين
zárodečný
embryoniskspæd
fósturvísis-; ófullmótaîur

embryonic

[ˌembrɪˈɒnɪk] ADJembrionario
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embryonic

[ˌɛmbriˈɒnɪk] adj
(fig) [process, idea, career] → à l'état embryonnaire, embryonnaire; [organization] → à l'état embryonnaire, embryonnaire
(BIOLOGY) [organism, cell] → embryonnaire
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embryonic

adjembryonisch; (esp fig)keimhaft
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embryonic

[ˌɛmbrɪˈɒnɪk] adj (also) (fig) → embrionale
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embryo

(ˈembriəu) nounplural ˈembryos
1. a young animal or plant in its earliest stages in seed, egg or womb. An egg contains the embryo of a chicken; (also adjective) the embryo child.
2. (also adjective) (of) the beginning stage of anything. The project is still at the embryo stage.
ˌembryˈology (-ˈolədʒi) noun
the science of the formation and development of the embryo.
ˌembryoˈlogical (-ˈlo-) adjective
ˌembryˈologist noun
ˌembryˈonic (-ˈonik) adjective
in an early stage of development.
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em·bry·on·ic

a. embriónico-a, embrional;
___ carcinomacarcinoma ___.
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embryonic

adj embrionario; — stem cell célula madre embrionaria
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