vitelline

American  

[vi-tel-in, -een, vahy-] / vɪˈtɛl ɪn, -in, vaɪ- /

adjective

1. of or relating to the egg yolk.

2. having a yellow color resembling that of an egg yolk.

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vitelline British  

/ vɪˈtɛlɪn, -aɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to the yolk of an egg

   the vitelline gland

2. having the yellow colour of an egg yolk

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Etymology

Origin of vitelline

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word vitellīnus. See vitellus, -ine ¹

Example Sentences

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vitelline

Now, the human ovum or egg consists of a vitellus or yolk, which is covered by a similar membrane, known as the vitelline.

From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Sylvanus Stall

The eggs are small; the diameter of recently-deposited eggs is about 1.3 mm. and that of the vitelline membrane is about 1.5 mm.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman

This new individual at first is simply a uninucleated mass of living matter, which always contains a certain amount of food-yolk, and is generally bounded by a delicate cuticular membrane called the vitelline membrane.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

Other phosphoglobulins are vitelline, found in the yolk of hens' eggs, and ichthulin, found in the eggs of fish.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Incomplete closure of the vitelline duct results in the presence of a diverticulum—Meckel’s—generally connected with the ileum, mainly important by reason of the readiness with which it occasions intestinal obstruction.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various