primordium
noun
the first recognizable, histologically differentiated stage in the development of an organ.
primordia
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pluralof primordium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Our data indicate that mature LTi cell numbers regulate the size of SLO primordia and may determine lymphoid organ size in adulthood.
From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014
Bach was able to do this, and what emerged in the current were primordia in music.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
A minute rounded mass appears in the center of the flower, perhaps primordia of abortive stamens, but this does not develop further.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association
The particles of this "fire mist," as it is appropriately called, were the true primordia rerum,—the elements of the universe,—the principles of all the forms of inorganic matter and all organic things.
From A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' by Francis Bowen
We may call these "primordia viventium" plastide particles, bioplasts, vital units, or whatsoever we will,--the name is nothing, the working process is everything.
From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright
