embryonic
adjUK /ˈɛm.bɹi.ɒn.ɪk/
Etymology From New Latin embryonicus.
1
Embryology, Medicine, Sciences Of or relating to an embryo.
2
Figuratively Of a project, etc: very new and still evolving; yet to reach its full potential.
- We are also to see the green-lighting of some much overdue reform of fares and ticketing, even if it's still embryonic and to be trialled on part or the network.2023 February 22, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: A farewell to micro-management”, in RAIL, number 977, page 3:
- Synonyms
- embryonal
- Derived terms
- abembryonic, anembryonic, carcinoembryonic, embryonical, embryonically, embryoniclike, extraembryonic, fetoembryonic, interembryonic, intraembryonic, maternoembryonic, monembryonic, monoembryonic, nonembryonic, polyembryonic, postembryonic, proembryonic, typembryonic, unembryonic