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Embryonal

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em·bry·on·ic  (mbr-nk) also em·bry·on·al (mbr--nl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or being an embryo.
2. also em·bry·ot·ic (-tk) Rudimentary; incipient: an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing.

[From Medieval Latin embry, embryn-, embryo; see embryo.]

embry·onic·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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