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
Example Sentences
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While this division is in process, the divided parts arrange themselves orderly about the inner surface of the vitelline or yolk membrane, with the minute microscopic spaces between filled with a transparent fluid.
From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Stall, Sylvanus
The embryo is already entirely enclosed in the amnion, and is only connected in the middle of the belly by the vitelline duct with the embryonic vesicle, which changes into the yelk-sac.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
The united vitelline veins open into the posterior end.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
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 Duellman, William E.
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 Stall, Sylvanus
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