embryonic
adjective
em·bry·on·ic
ˌem-brē-ˈä-nik 
1
: of or relating to an embryo
2
: being in an early stage of development : incipient, rudimentary
an embryonic plan
Examples of embryonic in a Sentence
The tourism industry there is still in an embryonic stage.
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For instance, the team of archeologists found embryonic signs of trade.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Seventeen years ago, the world woke up to an astounding scientific breakthrough: a team of Japanese scientists, led by Shinya Yamanaka, had reprogrammed skin cells to resemble an embryonic state.
—Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
The disk’s material will most likely fall onto the embryonic moon from the radial (in-out) direction, sculpting the satellite into an egg or football shape—what’s called a prolate spheroid—with the long axis pointing toward the parent body.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
The resistance remains embryonic and patchy, mainly because so many countries are still hooked on Chinese trade.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2022
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Seventeen years ago, the world woke up to an astounding scientific breakthrough: a team of Japanese scientists, led by Shinya Yamanaka, had reprogrammed skin cells to resemble an embryonic state.
—Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
The disk’s material will most likely fall onto the embryonic moon from the radial (in-out) direction, sculpting the satellite into an egg or football shape—what’s called a prolate spheroid—with the long axis pointing toward the parent body.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
The resistance remains embryonic and patchy, mainly because so many countries are still hooked on Chinese trade.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2022
See all Example Sentences for embryonic
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embryonic
adjective
em·bry·on·ic
ˌem-brē-ˈän-ik
1
: of or relating to an embryo
2
: being in an early stage of development
an embryonic plan
Medical Definition
embryonic
adjective
em·bry·on·ic
ˌem-brē-ˈän-ik
1
: of or relating to an embryo
2
: being in an early stage of development : incipient, rudimentary
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