noun. A state of nascency; a quality of incipience.

noun. beginning to exist or to be apparent

"Because of the space program -- because of the space program we have developed sophisticated imaging technology that soon we can put across human bodies and find cancers in their very incipiency so that we'll be able to save more lives than ever before."

beginning  commencement  first  get-go  kickoff  

babyhood  beginnings  birth  childhood  cradle