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vegetal pole

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noun, Embryology.

1.

the relatively inactive part of an ovum opposite the animal pole, containing much yolk and little cytoplasm.

Compare animal pole.

Origin of vegetal pole

1895-1900

First recorded in 1895-1900

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vegetal pole in Medicine

vegetal pole n.
The part of a telolecithal egg in which the bulk of the yolk is situated. Also called vitelline pole.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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