adj 1  :  coming or having recently come into existence  :  beginning to develop <neuroblasts migrating into a ganglion>  <the folding of polypeptide chains>   2  :  of, relating to, or being an atom or substance at the moment of its formation usu. with the implication of greater reactivity than otherwise < hydrogen>  .
 
   
 
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