Embryonic Definition

ĕmbrē-ŏnĭk
adjective
Of or like an embryo.
Webster's New World
In an early stage; undeveloped; rudimentary.
Webster's New World

(figuratively) Something, especially a project, that is very new and is still evolving; something that has yet to reach its full potential.

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Origin of Embryonic

  • From Medieval Latin embryō embryōn- embryo embryo

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Embryonic Sentence Examples

  • Here too they disappear during embryonic life.

  • Unlike the cells of Protozoa, these embryonic cells of the Metazoa do not remain each like its neighbour and capable of independent life, but proceed to arrange themselves into two layers, taking the form of a sac. The cavity of the two-cell-layered sac or diblastula thus formed is the primitive gut or arch-enteron.

  • The middle classes, which were making other countries rich and powerful, existed only in an embryonic condition.

  • The thicker portion develops a terminal muscular rostellum and two or four suckers, the thinner end (" tail ") is vesicular, more or less elongated, and contains the six embryonic hooks.

  • It is possible that these were embryonic " batteries traditores " to flank the intervals.

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