embryonic

[ US /ˌɛmbɹiˈɑnɪk/ ]
[ UK /ˌɛmbɹɪˈɒnɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. in an early stage of development
    an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing
    the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre
  2. of an organism prior to birth or hatching
    in the embryonic stage
    embryologic development
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How To Use embryonic In A Sentence

  • Here, human or mouse embryonic stem cells, in vitro representatives of the totipotent inner cell mass blastomeres, are placed into culture.
  • Baf, Bafilomycin A1; BH, Bcl-2 homology; CHX, cycholoheximide; GFP-74Q, GFP-tagged exon 1 mutant htt fragment; htt, huntingtin; MEFs, mouse embryonic fibroblasts; 3MA, 3-methyl adenine; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; STS, staurosporin; TNF - Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • At this point, the proposal is still at an embryonic stage, he said.
  • The radicle and plumule form a small subglobose unit, the embryonic axis, whose acuminate lower end extends into the micropyle.
  • Converted cells are known as induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, and are considered a major alternative to using ethically charged embryonic stem cells. Thestar.com - Home Page
  • The placenta derives from embryonic cells called trophoblasts, which form a ball around the cells that ultimately develop into the fetus.
  • A Japanese team at Kyoto University has discovered how to reprogram skin cells so that they “dedifferentiate” into the equivalent of an embryonic stem cell. The Anti-Science Party
  • We occasionally though rarely see something of this kind in plants: thus the embryonic leaves of the ulex or furze, and the first leaves of the phyllodineous acaceas, are pinnate or divided like the ordinary leaves of the leguminosae. On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 13 (historical)
  • A great many (not all) liberals adopted embryonic stem cells as a cause for the same reason that they have embraced Global Warming: because they like the policy implications and automatically oppose the Bush Administration, the “neocons” and the “Religious Right”, not because they are willing to follow science whithersoever it leadeth. Stromata Blog:
  • A scientist involved in embryonic stem cell research nails the Senator's lies about the matter.
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