rudiment

/rˈudɪmʌnt/

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Noun
the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
Noun
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"