- alecithal
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/ay les"euh theuhl/, adj. Embryol.having little or no yolk in the cytoplasm of the egg or ovum.Also, alecithic /ay'leuh sith"ik/.[1875-80; A-6 + Gk lékith(os) yolk + -AL1]
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Alecithal — A*lec i*thal, a. [Gr. a priv. + ? yelk.] (Biol.) Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm. Balfour. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
alecithal — eggs with little or no yolk … Dictionary of ichthyology
alecithal — Without yolk; denoting ova with little or no deutoplasm. [G. a priv. + lekithos, yolk] * * * alec·i·thal ( )ā les ə thəl adj of an egg ISOLECITHAL * * * alec·i·thal (a lesґĭ thəl) [a 1 + lecith + al1] without yolk; applied to eggs with… … Medical dictionary
alecithal — adj. having no yolk in the cytoplasm of the egg or ovum (Embryology) … English contemporary dictionary
alecithal — alec·i·thal … English syllables
alecithal — … Useful english dictionary
Egg cleavage — Segmentation Seg men*ta tion, n. The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation. [1913 Webster] {Segmentation… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
regular segmentation — Segmentation Seg men*ta tion, n. The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation. [1913 Webster] {Segmentation… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Segmentation — Seg men*ta tion, n. The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation. [1913 Webster] {Segmentation cavity} (Biol … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Segmentation cavity — Segmentation Seg men*ta tion, n. The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation. [1913 Webster] {Segmentation… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
