Associations to the word «Primordium»

Wiktionary

PRIMORDIUM, noun. (anatomy) An aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ

Dictionary definition

PRIMORDIUM, noun. An organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats