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单词 embryonic
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Definition of embryonic in English:

embryonic

adjective ˌɛmbrɪˈɒnɪkˌɛmbriˈɑnɪk
  • 1Relating to an embryo.

    slight differences in embryonic development
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although they retain the chordate characters as adults gill slits are present only in the embryonic stages of land vertebrates.
    • The latter has eyes during its early embryonic stage, but they quickly degenerate.
    • Many annelids and molluscs share patterns of development in early embryonic stages.
    • This was known to influence numerous cellular mechanisms and could affect early embryonic development.
    • Cell cycle regulation at the embryonic stage is key for normal fetal development.
    • It's not even clear that such a creature could develop past the embryonic stage.
    • And that's what the opponents of embryonic stem cell research have pounced upon.
    • After fertilisation all the cells in the earliest stages of embryonic development are identical.
    • The subject was the research use of embryonic stem cells, which Thompson approves.
    • While nipples in woman serve a purpose, male nipples appear to be simply left over from the initial stage of embryonic development.
    • To include a test system avoiding this general problem, primary human embryonic fibroblasts were added to the study.
    • The process of pattern generation is completed in mammals during the embryonic stage.
    • If so, it would not be necessary to use the ethically more problematic embryonic stem cells.
    • At early stages of embryonic development the genital region of males and females is indistinguishable.
    • The limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research are one example.
    • The company thus avoids using embryonic stem cells, still objects of controversy.
    • There is also evidence that they may not have the same capacity to multiply as embryonic stem cells do.
    • Compare the embryonic cleavage stage of Drosophila with that of later embryonic development.
    • The neural tube is the embryonic structure that develops into the brain and spinal cord.
    Synonyms
    fetal, unborn, unhatched
  • 2(of a system, idea, or organization) in a rudimentary stage with potential for development.

    the plan is still in its embryonic stages
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Stop the War Coalition has benefited from their involvement from the embryonic stages of its existence.
    • They have an embryonic payments system for small purchases.
    • The reform process in general is slow, but ongoing and in some sectors at its infancy or even embryonic stage.
    • His grasp of the English language is in its embryonic stage.
    • What the Tribunal was being told about was the embryonic stages of the formation of a terror cell in Australia.
    • An article, in its embryonic stage, is very much like a spoiled piece of chicken that is consumed too fast.
    • I think this game has come too early for a unit in the embryonic stages of its development.
    • Architecture in its embryonic stages seems often to exist in a world without color.
    • This coup actually suffocated the development of democracy in Iran in its embryonic stage.
    • They are working closely with pensions providers, who indicate this work is at a very embryonic stage.
    • The diocese continues to insist that there never was a plan to remove the screen and says it was only one embryonic idea among others.
    • It's very early days - it's not even in its embryonic stages yet, it's still waiting to be conceived.
    • It seems mean to point it out, to pick apart ideas so embryonic and unformed.
    • At this point, the proposal is still at an embryonic stage, he said.
    • Hamilton's embryonic ideas seemed to bear the taint of eugenics.
    • He admitted that the idea is still embryonic and needs more support from the government.
    • Without doubt, it is still in its embryonic stages, and has yet to find its true place as a genre and as a community.
    • Sid represents a new generation of energetic workers on the rise, harbingers of a boom still in its embryonic stage.
    • The second, a rawer, soul and blues-based work, is still in its embryonic stage.
    • Now in its embryonic stage, it promises to become the foundation of the new energy economy.
    Synonyms
    rudimentary, undeveloped, unformed, immature, incomplete, incipient, inchoate, just beginning
    fledgling, budding, beginning, potential, nascent, emerging, developing
    early, primary, elementary, germinal

Derivatives

  • embryonically

  • adverb
    • Plants also have an unusually high potential to modify their developmental programmes in response to sugar availability, as much of plant development occurs post-embryonically, rather than embryonically as in animals.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She had wept, curling embryonically under the duvet, hoping it would cover the nakedness of her flesh and her pain.
      • Because legs develop embryonically and wings develop late in larval life in Tribolium, we have focused on assessing the role of Drosophila appendage allocation genes in leg development rather than wing development.
      • The whole point of such a search rests on the assumption that evolution will inevitably tease out the potential for intelligence already lurking, however embryonically, in the prebiotic chemical soup of other life-bearing planets.
      • And if it is true that the mission of the child in the order of salvation is to embody, embryonically, the completion of the Christian life, then why are we so confused and conflicted in relation to our obligations to our young?

Origin

Mid 19th century: from late Latin embryo, embryon- 'embryo' + -ic.

Rhymes

anachronic, animatronic, bionic, Brythonic, bubonic, Byronic, canonic, carbonic, catatonic, chalcedonic, chronic, colonic, conic, cyclonic, daemonic, demonic, diatonic, draconic, electronic, euphonic, harmonic, hegemonic, histrionic, homophonic, hypersonic, iconic, ionic, ironic, isotonic, laconic, macaronic, Masonic, Miltonic, mnemonic, monotonic, moronic, Napoleonic, philharmonic, phonic, Platonic, Plutonic, polyphonic, quadraphonic, sardonic, saxophonic, siphonic, Slavonic, sonic, stereophonic, subsonic, subtonic, symphonic, tectonic, Teutonic, thermionic, tonic, transonic, ultrasonic
 
 

Definition of embryonic in US English:

embryonic

(also embryonal)
adjectiveˌɛmbriˈɑnɪkˌembrēˈänik
  • 1Relating to an embryo.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research are one example.
    • The neural tube is the embryonic structure that develops into the brain and spinal cord.
    • It's not even clear that such a creature could develop past the embryonic stage.
    • The subject was the research use of embryonic stem cells, which Thompson approves.
    • The process of pattern generation is completed in mammals during the embryonic stage.
    • While nipples in woman serve a purpose, male nipples appear to be simply left over from the initial stage of embryonic development.
    • The latter has eyes during its early embryonic stage, but they quickly degenerate.
    • And that's what the opponents of embryonic stem cell research have pounced upon.
    • Compare the embryonic cleavage stage of Drosophila with that of later embryonic development.
    • After fertilisation all the cells in the earliest stages of embryonic development are identical.
    • The company thus avoids using embryonic stem cells, still objects of controversy.
    • There is also evidence that they may not have the same capacity to multiply as embryonic stem cells do.
    • Many annelids and molluscs share patterns of development in early embryonic stages.
    • Although they retain the chordate characters as adults gill slits are present only in the embryonic stages of land vertebrates.
    • At early stages of embryonic development the genital region of males and females is indistinguishable.
    • If so, it would not be necessary to use the ethically more problematic embryonic stem cells.
    • Cell cycle regulation at the embryonic stage is key for normal fetal development.
    • This was known to influence numerous cellular mechanisms and could affect early embryonic development.
    • To include a test system avoiding this general problem, primary human embryonic fibroblasts were added to the study.
    Synonyms
    fetal, unborn, unhatched
  • 2(of a system, idea, or organization) in a rudimentary stage with potential for further development.

    the plan is still in its embryonic stages
    Example sentencesExamples
    • An article, in its embryonic stage, is very much like a spoiled piece of chicken that is consumed too fast.
    • The Stop the War Coalition has benefited from their involvement from the embryonic stages of its existence.
    • His grasp of the English language is in its embryonic stage.
    • The diocese continues to insist that there never was a plan to remove the screen and says it was only one embryonic idea among others.
    • What the Tribunal was being told about was the embryonic stages of the formation of a terror cell in Australia.
    • They have an embryonic payments system for small purchases.
    • They are working closely with pensions providers, who indicate this work is at a very embryonic stage.
    • It's very early days - it's not even in its embryonic stages yet, it's still waiting to be conceived.
    • The second, a rawer, soul and blues-based work, is still in its embryonic stage.
    • At this point, the proposal is still at an embryonic stage, he said.
    • Sid represents a new generation of energetic workers on the rise, harbingers of a boom still in its embryonic stage.
    • I think this game has come too early for a unit in the embryonic stages of its development.
    • Architecture in its embryonic stages seems often to exist in a world without color.
    • The reform process in general is slow, but ongoing and in some sectors at its infancy or even embryonic stage.
    • He admitted that the idea is still embryonic and needs more support from the government.
    • This coup actually suffocated the development of democracy in Iran in its embryonic stage.
    • Hamilton's embryonic ideas seemed to bear the taint of eugenics.
    • It seems mean to point it out, to pick apart ideas so embryonic and unformed.
    • Without doubt, it is still in its embryonic stages, and has yet to find its true place as a genre and as a community.
    • Now in its embryonic stage, it promises to become the foundation of the new energy economy.
    Synonyms
    rudimentary, undeveloped, unformed, immature, incomplete, incipient, inchoate, just beginning

Origin

Mid 19th century: from late Latin embryo, embryon- ‘embryo’ + -ic.

 
 
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