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the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry" the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life; "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"
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| rudimentary |
fundamental: being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles" being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary plans" vestigial: not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings"
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| rudimentary bone |
a bone that has only partially developed.
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| rudiment |
the incomplete formation of a part or organ.
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| rudimentary |
not fully developed and not functional; organs in the early stage of development may be rudimentary
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