EMBRYOLOGIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does embryologic mean? 

• EMBRYOLOGIC (adjective)
  The adjective EMBRYOLOGIC has 1 sense:

1. of an organism prior to birth or hatching

  Familiarity information: EMBRYOLOGIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBRYOLOGIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of an organism prior to birth or hatching

Synonyms:

embryologic; embryonal; embryonic

Context example:

embryologic development

Similar:

immature (not yet mature)

Derivation:

embryology (the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms)

 Context examples 

A rare congenital cardiovascular disorder characterized by the failure of the embryologic structure truncus arteriosus to divide into the aorta and pulmonary trunk.

(Persistent Truncus Arteriosus, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a congenital hamartomatous malformation derived from the embryologic meninx primitiva.

(Intracranial Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes homeobox protein Hox-C11, plays a role in embryologic pattern formation.

(HOXC11 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in embryologic pattern formation.

(HOXA11 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)