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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) primordium
the first recognizable, histologically differentiated stage in the development of an organ.

Etymology: (1665–75; < L prīmōrdium, in pl.: beginnings, elementary stage =prīm(us) first (see prime ) +ōrd(īrī) to begin +-ium -ium¹; cf. exordium)

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1. (noun) primordium, anlage
an organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development

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