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EMBRYOTIC

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em·bry·on·ic   (ěm'brē-ŏn'ĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or being an embryo.

  2. also em·bry·ot·ic (-ŏt'ĭk) Rudimentary; incipient: an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing.


[From Medieval Latin embryō, embryōn-, embryo; see embryo.]
em'bry·on'ic·al·ly adv.
em·bry·ot·ic   (ěm'brē-ŏt'ĭk)   
adj.  Variant of embryonic.
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