embryogeneticadj.
/ˌɛmbrɪəʊdʒᵻˈnɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌɛmbrioʊdʒəˈnɛdɪk/ Biology.
Of or relating to embryogenesis; = embryogenic adj. 1.
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ovological1850
oological1855
embryogenetic1861
embryogenical1864
neuroembryologic1933
neuroembryological1950
1861 G. Ogilvie Genetic Cycle Org. Nature 66 The difference between the higher and lower species [of plant] consists mainly in the constructive energy of the former being as it were concentrated on that embryogenetic development.
1880 T. H. Huxley in Times 25 Dec. 4/1 Their adult and embryogenetic characters.
1925 P. Radin & V. C. C. Collum tr. E. Perrier Earth before Hist. ii. v. 135 It is in this manner that Starfish originated, which go back to the most remote antiquity, and it is easy to derive all the other Echinoderms from them by reference to simple embryogenetic considerations.
1987 G. A. Edelman Neural Darwinism p. xx Because of the generality of the embryogenetic events considered in chapter 4, it may seem to deviate from the central subject of the nervous system.
2002 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 33 114 Correlations between the extent of bone formation in fossil embryos and specific developmental strategies are weakly supported by embryogenetic studies of extant birds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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