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say it: em-bree-AH-nik
embryonic is an adjective meaning "of an organism prior to birth or hatching". It carries 2 recorded senses.
of an organism prior to birth or hatching
“in the embryonic stage”
“embryologic development”
in an early stage of development
“the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre”
“an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for embryonic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.