incipient

/in-SIP-ee-unt/adjective

in an initial stage; beginning to develop

The scan caught the disease at an incipient stage.
Synonyms
nascent, embryonic, budding
Antonyms
mature, full-blown
Memory hook
incipere (begin): just beginning.

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