embryonic

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em·bry·on·ic /ˌembriˈɒnɪk◂ $ -ˈɑːn-/ adjective 1 DEVELOPat a very early stage of development 萌芽阶段的 The plans are still only in embryonic form. 计划还只是在酝酿之中。2 relating to an embryo 胚胎的 embryonic development 胚胎的发育 embryonic cells 胚胎细胞

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embryonic• Online gambling as an industry is still illegal and embryonic.• Later cultures of, usually embryonic, animal cells were used.• Such embryonic creatures needed stronger muscles, too, and a skin that was resistant to drying out.• Take wound healing or embryonic development.• While online commerce remains embryonic, personal service sites are popping up like dandelions.• We are, after all, always talking about minor quantitative changes in an existing embryonic process.• The program is still in the embryonic stage, but we are confident of its success.• Her plan is still in the embryonic stage.• The rules and structures that will regulate and reward work at home and with diverse co-workers are in an embryonic stage.• This report defines an embryonic synapse in Drosophila which is accessible to experimental analysis.• We studied the healing of a standardized lesion on the dorsal surface of a four-day chick embryonic wing bud.