protomorphic

English

Etymology

proto- +‎ -morphic

Adjective

protomorphic (not comparable)

1. (biology) Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form.
   • 1864-1898, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Biology

     That is to say , the contact of this deep - seated tissue with outer agencies , produces in it some approach towards that composition which we find universally characterizes outer - tissue - a protomorphic layer which differentiates in opposite directions.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “protomorphic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• morphotropic