noun
- The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural. )
- usage: "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
- synonyms: first rudiment, first principle, alphabet, ABC, ABC's, ABCs
- The remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life.
- usage: "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"
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