EMBRYONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does embryonal mean? 

• EMBRYONAL (adjective)
  The adjective EMBRYONAL has 1 sense:

1. of an organism prior to birth or hatching

  Familiarity information: EMBRYONAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBRYONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of an organism prior to birth or hatching

Synonyms:

embryologic; embryonal; embryonic

Context example:

embryologic development

Similar:

immature (not yet mature)

Derivation:

embryo (an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life)

 Context examples 

A rare malignant embryonal neoplasm arising from the cerebellum.

(Medullomyoblastoma with Myogenic Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein may play a role in embryonal development, tumor transformation, or tumor progression.

(Melanoma-Associated Antigen 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein may be involved in embryonal development, tumor transformation, or tumor progression.

(Melanoma-Associated Antigen 4, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare malignant embryonal neoplasm characterized by the presence of small cells which resemble the cells of classic medulloblastoma and a minor population of melanin-forming neuroepithelial cells.

(Medulloblastoma with Melanotic Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is associated with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, embryonal neoplasms and nephroblastoma.

(H19 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Embryonal tumors may be benign or malignant, and include neuroblastomas and Wilms tumors.

(Embryonal Neoplasm, NCI Dictionary)

A morphologic variant of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma occurring in adults.

(Adult Botryoid-Type Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include teratoma, seminoma, embryonal carcinoma, and yolk sac tumor.

(Germ cell tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A germ cell tumor characterized by the presence of an embryonal carcinoma component and a teratoma component.

(Mixed Embryonal Carcinoma and Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A hepatoblastoma characterized by the presence of fetal and embryonal epithelial components and a mesenchymal component.

(Mixed Epithelial and Mesenchymal Hepatoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)