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EMBRYOTIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an early stage of development
Example:
an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing
Synonyms:
embryonic; embryotic
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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)