vitelline
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the egg yolk.
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having a yellow color resembling that of an egg yolk.
adjective
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of or relating to the yolk of an egg
the vitelline gland
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having the yellow colour of an egg yolk
Etymology
Origin of vitelline
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word vitellīnus. See vitellus, -ine 1
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This coagulation forms the vitelline membrane, which prevents the entry of other spermatozoids.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel
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
These two arteries now give off at each side, behind, at right angles, four or five branches, and these pass from the embryonic body to the germinative area, they are called omphalo-mesenteric or vitelline arteries.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
The only membrane enclosing the individual eggs is the vitelline membrane.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
These vessels naturally atrophy with the degeneration of the umbilical vesicle, and the vitelline circulation is replaced by a second, that of the allantois.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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