Embryonal

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to an embryo, or to the embryonic stage of an organism.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. embryonic
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  • adjective. of an organism prior to birth or hatching
  • Word Usage
    "Currently, treatment is based on whether a patient's cancer is classified as alveolar or embryonal, which is determined by the appearance of a tumour sample under the microscope."
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