Primordial
adjective
1.
constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary:
primordial forms of life.
2.
Embryology. first formed.
3.
pertaining to or existing at or from the very beginning:
primordial matter.
adjective
1.
existing at or from the beginning; earliest; primeval
2.
constituting an origin; fundamental
3.
(biology) of or relating to an early stage of development: primordial germ cells
noun
4.
an elementary or basic principle
primordial pri·mor·di·al (prī-môr’dē-əl)
adj.
Being or happening first in sequence of time; primary; original.
Belonging to or characteristic of the earliest stage of development of an organism or a part.
Relating to a primordium.
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