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vitellus

[vi-tel-uhs, vahy-] / vɪˈtɛl əs, vaɪ- /
NOUN
yolk


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The vitellus and the membrane of the egg enlarge with the embryo and absorb by endosmosis the nutritive matter necessary for the latter, contained in the maternal blood.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste

Si vero fuerit in aestate vitellus avi semper superponatur.

From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer

Thus, in Fishes, the first changes consist in the segmentation of the vitellus and the formation of a germ, processes which are common to all classes of animals.

From Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Muller, Fritz

Vit′ellary, Vitell′ine, pertaining to the vitellus, or forming such.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Up to this point the vitellus of the egg, nourished by endosmosis through its membranes, had sufficed for the nutrition of the still very small embryo.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste