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embryoniclike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English embryonic Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English embryoniclike From embryonic + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling embryonic cells
    • It “raises no serious moral problem, because it creates embryoniclike stem cells without creating, harming or destroying human lives at any stage,” said Richard Doerflinger, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ’ spokesman on stem cell issues. 2007 June 7, Nicholas Wade, “Biologists Make Skin Cells Work Like Stem Cells”, in New York Times:

Forms

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most embryoniclike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more embryoniclike Degree=Cmp lexicographic