protomorphic

English

Etymology

From proto- +‎ -morphic.

Adjective

protomorphic (not comparable)

1. Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form of stage.
   • 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.

References

• “protomorphic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• morphotropic, tropomorphic