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ru⋅di⋅ment

  [roo-duh-muhnt]
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–noun
1. Usually, rudiments.
a. the elements or first principles of a subject: the rudiments of grammar.
b. a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something: the rudiments of a plan.
2. Biology. an organ or part incompletely developed in size or structure, as one in an embryonic stage, one arrested in growth, or one with no functional activity, as a vestige.
Origin:
1540–50; < L rudīmentum early training, first experience, initial stage, equiv. to rudi(s) unformed, rough (see rude ) + -mentum -ment (-ī- for -i- after verbal derivs.)
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ru·di·ment   (rōō'də-mənt)   
n.  

  1. A fundamental element, principle, or skill, as of a field of learning. Often used in the plural.

  2. Something in an incipient or undeveloped form. Often used in the plural: the rudiments of social behavior in children; the rudiments of a plan of action.

  3. Biology An imperfectly or incompletely developed organ or part.


[Latin rudīmentum, from rudis, rough, unformed.]
ru'di·men'tal (-měn'tl) adj.
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Word Origin & History

rudiment 
1548, from M.Fr. (16c.), from L. rudimentum "early training, first experience, beginning, first principle," from rudis "unlearned, untrained" (see rude). Rudimentary is from 1839.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ru·di·ment
Pronunciation: 'rüd-&-m&nt
Function: noun
: an incompletely developed organ or part; especially : an organ or part just beginning to develop : ANLAGE
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rudiment ru·di·ment (r&oomacr;'də-mənt)
n.

  1. An imperfectly or incompletely developed organ or part.

  2. Something in an incipient or undeveloped form. Often used in the plural.

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