Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- pertaining to or in the state of an embryo.
- rudimentary; undeveloped.
adjective
- of or relating to an embryo
- in an early stage; rudimentary; undeveloped
1849, from medical Latin embryonem (see embryo) + -ic. Figurative use is from 1856.
adj.
- Of, relating to, or being an embryo.