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telolecithal
[ tel-oh-les-uh-thuhl, tee-loh- ]
/ ˌtɛl oʊˈlɛs ə θəl, ˌti loʊ- /
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adjective Embryology.
having an accumulation of yolk near the vegetal pole, as the large-yolked eggs or ova of reptiles and birds.
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Words nearby telolecithal
telocentric, telodendron, telodynamic, Teloekbetoeng, telogen, telolecithal, telomerase, telomere, telomerization, telophase, telos
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How to use telolecithal in a sentence
Ova belonging to the former group are known as telolecithal ova, those to the latter as centrolecithal.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland BalfourThe ova in which the yolk is especially concentrated at one pole I should propose to call telolecithal.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland BalfourThere is a third group of ova including a series of types of segmentation nearly parallel to the telolecithal group.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland BalfourThe Cephalopoda appear to be the only Invertebrates in which the egg is mesoblastic and telolecithal like that of Vertebrata.
Medical definitions for telolecithal
telolecithal
[ tĕl′ə-lĕs′ə-thəl, tē′lə- ]
adj.
Having a yolk that is concentrated at one end.
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