alecithal
alecithal adjective: tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm.
Adjective
alecithal (not comparable)
- Tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm.
- 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 […] little1880-1881, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology
alecithal meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
alecithal in Tamil
- மஞ்சட்கருவில்லாத
alecithal in Bengali
- ডিমের কুসুমহীন
alecithal in Kannada
- ಜನೆಕೊರೆಯಾದ
Origin of alecithal
From a- + lecithal.
Questions about alecithal
- What does alecithal mean?
- Alecithal means tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm.
- What is alecithal in Tamil?
- Alecithal in Tamil is மஞ்சட்கருவில்லாத. See Alecithal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is alecithal?
- Alecithal is an adjective.
Words near alecithal in the dictionary
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