vitellin

[vi-tel-in, vahy-]

noun

Biochemistry.

1. a phosphoprotein in the yolk of eggs.

vitellin

/ vɪˈtɛlɪn /

noun

1. biochem a phosphoprotein that is the major protein in egg yolk

Word History and Origins

Origin of vitellin¹

First recorded in 1855–60; vitell(us) + -in ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of vitellin¹

C19: from _vitellus + _-in

Example Sentences

The debates of our savants, their polemics relative to the Vitellin yolk of the egg of the Arachneida, or the digestive apparatus of the Infusoria, constitute the burning questions which distress us, and which if we had the misfortune to possess a regular press, would not fail to drench our streets in gore.

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In animal foods myosin in meat and vitellin, found in the yolk of the egg, and some of the proteids of the blood, are examples of globulins.

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The yolk contains all the fatty matter, and this, with a modified form of albumen called vitellin, forms a kind of yellow emulsion.

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