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adj. - Of an organism prior to birth or hatching.

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  • Currently, treatment is based on whether a patient's cancer is classified as alveolar or embryonal, which is determined by the appearance of a tumour sample under the...
  • Anna had embryonal sarcoma, a rare form of liver cancer.
  • These embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells could be grown on feeder layers of irradiated fibroblasts.
  • When the team returned to Chicago, he was examined, then diagnosed with embryonal cell carcinoma -- cancer.
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