Medical term:
rudiment
rudiment
[roo´dĭ-ment]1. an organ or part having little or no function but which has functioned at an earlier stage in the same individual or in his ancestors.
2. primordium.
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ru·di·ment
(rū'di-ment),1. An organ or structure that is incompletely developed.
2. The first indication of a structure in the course of ontogeny.
Synonym(s): rudimentum
[L. rudimentum, a beginning, fr. rudis, unformed]
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rudiment
(ro͞o′də-mənt)n.
Biology An imperfectly or incompletely developed organ or part.
ru′di·men′tal (-mĕn′tl) adj.
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ru·di·ment
(rū'di-mĕnt)1. An organ or structure that is incompletely developed.
2. The first indication of a structure in the course of ontogeny.
Synonym(s): rudimentum.
Synonym(s): rudimentum.
[L. rudimentum, a beginning, fr. rudis, unformed]
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ru·di·ment
(rū'di-mĕnt)Organ or structure that is incompletely developed.
[L. rudimentum, a beginning, fr. rudis, unformed]
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