cleidoic

cleidoic
/kluy doh"ik/, adj. Embryol.
isolated from the environment, as certain eggs enclosed within a shell or membrane.
[1930-35; < Gk kleido(ûn) to lock up (v. deriv. of kleís (gen. kleidós) bolt, key) + -IC]

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