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EMBRYOTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does embryotic mean?
• EMBRYOTIC (adjective)
The adjective EMBRYOTIC has 1 sense:
1. in an early stage of development
Familiarity information: EMBRYOTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an early stage of development
Synonyms:
embryonic; embryotic
Context example:
an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing
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)
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