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embryonic

[em-bree-on-ik] / ˌɛm briˈɒn ɪk /


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Instead, its partial retraction is "rescued" by the rapid pace of early embryonic cell cycles.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

Europe must work a lot harder to give them protection while they are in a very embryonic state, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

They rarely work with finished products; instead, they nurture embryonic ideas.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

There are real concerns with IVF in America, even for those who do not belong to the movement for embryonic personhood.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2025

The historic transformation of music in the jazz age was enabling an equally historic, admittedly embryonic, social transformation.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall