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

They observed that interactions between the embryo and the vitelline membrane provided a source of mechanical force.

From Nature

The human ovum is a flattened spherical cell, made up of a very delicate cell-wall, called the vitelline membrane; outside this is a comparatively thick membrane, the zona pellucida, which is properly not a part of the cell.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

They are without the organs of nutrition, &c., which characterize their parents, but the ovum nearly always possesses, stored up within its protoplasm, a greater or less quantity of vitelline matter or food-yolk, while the spermatozoon possesses in almost all cases the power of locomotion.

From Project Gutenberg