MEANING
1. Relating to an embryo during biological development.
2. At a very early and not yet fully formed stage.
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- embryonic tissue
- embryonic development
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The scan showed embryonic tissue.
The exposure altered embryonic development.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a technical classification. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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