vitelline

American  

[vi-tel-in, -een, vahy-] / vɪˈtɛl ɪn, -in, vaɪ- /

adjective

1. of or relating to the egg yolk.

2. having a yellow color resembling that of an egg yolk.

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vitelline British  

/ -aɪn, vɪˈtɛlɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to the yolk of an egg

   the vitelline gland

2. having the yellow colour of an egg yolk

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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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vitelline

Heart of a rabbit-embryo, from behind, a vitelline veins, b auricles of the heart, c atrium, d ventricle, e arterial bulb, f base of the three pairs of arterial arches.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

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

This new individual at first is simply a uninucleated mass of living matter, which always contains a certain amount of food-yolk, and is generally bounded by a delicate cuticular membrane called the vitelline membrane.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

The only membrane enclosing the individual eggs is the vitelline membrane.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.

Incomplete closure of the vitelline duct results in the presence of a diverticulum—Meckel’s—generally connected with the ileum, mainly important by reason of the readiness with which it occasions intestinal obstruction.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various