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postembryonic

postembryonic adjective: that follows the embryonic stage of development.

Adjective

postembryonic (not comparable)

  1. That follows the embryonic stage of development.

Origin of postembryonic

From post- + embryonic.

Words formed from postembryonic

Questions about postembryonic

What does postembryonic mean?
Postembryonic means that follows the embryonic stage of development.
What part of speech is postembryonic?
Postembryonic is an adjective.

Words near postembryonic in the dictionary

  1. postembolization
  2. postembryo
  3. postembryogenesis
  4. postembryogenic
  5. postembryonal
  6. postembryonic
  7. postembryonically
  8. postembryos
  9. postemergence
  10. postemergency
  11. postemigration

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