embryonal

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.

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

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em′bry·on′ic·al·ly adv.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

embryonal - of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development" embryologic, embryonic immature - not yet mature

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Translations

embryonal

adj embrionario; — carcinoma carcinoma embrionario

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