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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024em•bry•on•ic (em′brē on′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Developmental Biologypertaining to or in the state of an embryo.
- rudimentary; undeveloped.
Also, em•bry•o•nal (em′brē ə nl, em′brē ōn′l).USA pronunciation - embryon- (see embryo) + -ic 1840–50
em′bry•on′i•cal•ly, adv. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged underdeveloped, immature, unfinished.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: embryonic /ˌɛmbrɪˈɒnɪk/, embryonal /ˈɛmbrɪənəl/ adj - of or relating to an embryo
- in an early stage; rudimentary; undeveloped
ˌembryˈonically adv WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024em•bry•o /ˈɛmbriˌoʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -os. - Developmental Biologyan animal in the early stages of development in the womb or egg.
em•bry•on•ic /ˌɛmbriˈɑnɪk/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024em•bry•o (em′brē ō′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -os, adj. n. - Developmental Biologythe young of a viviparous animal, esp. of a mammal, in the early stages of development within the womb, in humans up to the end of the second month. Cf. fetus.
- Botanythe rudimentary plant usually contained in the seed.
- Developmental Biologyany multicellular animal in a developmental stage preceding birth or hatching.
- the beginning or rudimentary stage of anything:He charged that the party policy was socialism in embryo.
adj. - Developmental Biologyembryonic.
- Greek émbryon, noun, nominal use of neuter of émbryos ingrowing, equivalent. to em- em-2 + bry- (stem of brýein to swell) + -os adjective, adjectival suffix
- Medieval Latin embryon-, embryo
- 1580–90
embryo-, - a combining form representing embryo in compound words:embryology.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] embry-. |