embryonic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite of an organism prior to birth or hatching
    embryonal; embryologic.
    • in the embryonic stage
    • embryologic development
  2. adjective satellite in an early stage of development
    embryotic.
    • the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre
    • an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing

WordNet


Em`bry*on"ic adjective
Definitions
  1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.

Webster 1913