Alecithal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Alecithal is an adjective meaning (biology, of an ovum) Tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm.
Meaning
(biology, of an ovum) Tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm.
Example Sentences
1880-1881, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology It is convenient to distinguish the ova which segment uniformly by some term ; and I should propose for this the term alecithal, as implying that they are without food-yolk or […] little
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include amphiblastic, ectolecithal, homolecithal, mesolecithal, isolecithal, centrolecithal.
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