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ANLAGE (anlagen)

Dictionary entry overview: What does anlage mean?

• ANLAGE (noun)
The noun ANLAGE has 1 sense:

1. an organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development

Familiarity information: ANLAGE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ANLAGE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

anlage; primordium

Hypernyms ("anlage" is a kind of...):

organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

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