embryonal

1. 1.

   of an organism prior to birth or hatching

   “in the embryonic stage”

   “embryologic development”

   Synonymsembryonicembryologic

   Similarimmature

Questions about embryonal

What does embryonal mean?

embryonal means "of an organism prior to birth or hatching".

How many syllables are in embryonal?

embryonal has 3 syllables: em-bryo-nal. The stress falls on "em".

What is another word for embryonal?

Close synonyms include embryonic, embryologic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is embryonal a common word?

embryonal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.