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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
primordium /prʌɪˈmɔːdɪəm/

▶noun (pl. primordia /-dɪə/) Biology an organ, structure, or tissue in the earliest stage of development.

– origin C19: from L., neut. of primordius.

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