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EMBRYONIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an early stage of development
Example:
an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
early (being or occurring at an early stage of development)
Derivation:
embryo (an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of an organism prior to birth or hatching
Example:
embryologic development
Synonyms:
embryologic; embryonal; embryonic
Classified under:
Similar:
immature (not yet mature)
Derivation:
embryo (an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life)
embryology (the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms)
Context examples:
Embryonic formation of muscle cells or fibers.
(Myogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign odontogenic neoplasm arising from the epithelial component of the embryonic tooth.
(Benign Ameloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
This allele, which encodes bone morphogenetic protein 6, is involved in embryonic signal transduction that promotes bone induction and endochondral osteogenesis.
(BMP6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Is it ethical to harvest embryonic stem cells to treat diseases?
(Medical Ethics, NIH)
This allele, which encodes MFNG O-fucosylpeptide 3-beta-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase protein, plays a role in embryonic development by influencing the Notch signaling pathway.
(MFNG wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
The members of this family are regulators of cell growth and differentiation in both embryonic and adult tissues.
(Bone Morphogenetic Protein 3B, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
This gene plays a role in transcriptional regulation and embryonic development.
(BMI1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
A mass of rapidly growing cells that begins in embryonic (fetal) tissue.
(Blastoma, NCI Dictionary)
Primitive blood cells derived from embryonic mesenchyme capable of differentiating into any of the blood cell line progenitor cells (erythroblasts, young granulocytic series cells, megakaryocytes, etc.)
(Murine Stem Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
A clonal proliferation of cells arising in cells of mesenchymal embryonic without significant invasion or metastasis.
(Benign Mesenchymal Neoplasms of the Mouse Skin, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
