Definition of Primordium

1. Noun. An organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development.

Exact synonyms: Anlage
Generic synonyms: Organ

Definition of Primordium

1. Noun. (anatomy) An aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ ¹

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Definition of Primordium

1. [n -DIA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Primordium

primogeniture
primogenitures
primogenitureship
primordia
primordial
primordial dwarf
primordial sea
primordial soup
primordialism
primordialisms
primordiality
primordially
primordian
primordians
primordiate
primordium (current term)
primorial
primorials
primos
primosome
primosomes
primp
primped
primper
primpers
primping
primpingly
primps
primrose
primrose family

Literary usage of Primordium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"This transformation may- take place in three ways :— (A) The primordium as a ... the primordium of the leaf-lamina is arrested, and the leaf-stalk is not ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1915)
"... primordium) the hyphae extend downward and obliquely outward toward, and some projecting into, the veil fundament below, which consists of a loose mesh ..."

3. Religion and Culture: A Critical Survey of Methods of Approach to Religious by Frederick Schleiter (1919)
"... 7 MAGICAL POWER AS THE primordium In recent years a decided speculative reaction has taken place in regard to questions relating to the existence and ..."

4. Biologisches Zentralblatt by Isidor Rosenthal, Georg Thieme (1908)
"He also showed that the two tentacle-areas of the primordium maintain approximate proportionality during this decrease. He did not show, however, ..."

5. Contributions by Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota (1913)
"This may be called the medial bundle to the primordium hippocampi. ... 62-67) this medial bundle to the hippocampal primordium is conspicuous in sections ..."

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