embryonic
adjective
em·bry·on·ic
ˌem-brē-ˈä-nik 
1
: of or relating to an embryo
2
: being in an early stage of development : incipient, rudimentary
an embryonic plan
Examples of embryonic in a Sentence
The tourism industry there is still in an embryonic stage.
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The vision, however, was as crucial as the sound, and the vision was as yet inchoate, embryonic.
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Unlike conventional organoid methods that rely on induced pluripotent stem cells or embryonic stem cells, the new technique avoids single-cell dissociation entirely.
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And because this group is in its embryonic phase of playing together with only one man back (Fiory Bidunga) from the nine-deep rotation last season.
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Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
The new discovery adds to the growing assortment of bioelectrical phenomena that scientists have discovered playing out beyond the nervous system, from bacteria swapping signals within a biofilm to cells following electric fields during embryonic development.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
Unlike conventional organoid methods that rely on induced pluripotent stem cells or embryonic stem cells, the new technique avoids single-cell dissociation entirely.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026
And because this group is in its embryonic phase of playing together with only one man back (Fiory Bidunga) from the nine-deep rotation last season.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Embryonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embryonic. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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embryonic
adjective
em·bry·on·ic
ˌem-brē-ˈän-ik
1
: of or relating to an embryo
2
: being in an early stage of development
an embryonic plan
Medical Definition
embryonic
adjective
em·bry·on·ic
ˌem-brē-ˈän-ik
1
: of or relating to an embryo
2
: being in an early stage of development : incipient, rudimentary
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