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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) orembryonal
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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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
adjective rudimentary, early, beginning, primary, budding, fledgling, immature, seminal, nascent, undeveloped, incipient, inchoate, unformed, germinal Romania's embryonic democracy
developed, advanced, progressive
developed, advanced, progressive
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Translations
بِدائي ، في مَرْحَلَة التَّكْوين
zárodečný
embryoniskspæd
fósturvísis-; ófullmótaîur
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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
adj → embryonisch; (esp fig) → keimhaft
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embryo
(ˈembriəu) noun – plural 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-) adjectiveˌembryˈologist noun
ˌembryˈonic (-ˈonik) adjective
in an early stage of development.
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em·bry·on·ic
a. embriónico-a, embrional;
___ carcinoma → carcinoma ___.
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embryonic
adj embrionario; — stem cell célula madre embrionariaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.