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Record 1 2003-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Embryology
DEF

Any group of embryonic cells when first identifiable as a future organ or body part.

DEF

The embryonic basis of any developed part, a rudiment, a primordium, a fundament.

OBS

... has been variously rendered as Rudiment, Inception, Primordium, Fundament.

Key term(s)
  • primordia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Embryologie
DEF

[...] cellule ou complexe de cellules embryonnaires qui deviendra dans la suite du développement, une cellule d'une nature déterminée ou un organe déterminé.

OBS

pluriel : primordiums ou primordia.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Embriología
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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

To determine or induce the regression of an organ to a vestigial state. (Department of Anatomy, McGill University).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Déterminer ou provoquer la régression d'un organe vers un état de vestige.

Spanish

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