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