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vitellolysis

vitellolysis noun: the breakdown of egg yolk.

Noun

vitellolysis (uncountable)

  1. The breakdown of egg yolk

Origin of vitellolysis

From vitello- + -lysis.

Questions about vitellolysis

What does vitellolysis mean?
Vitellolysis means the breakdown of egg yolk.
What part of speech is vitellolysis?
Vitellolysis is a noun.

Words near vitellolysis in the dictionary

  1. vitellogenin
  2. vitellogenins
  3. vitellogenous
  4. vitellogens
  5. vitellointestinal
  6. vitellolysis
  7. vitellolytic
  8. vitellophage
  9. vitellophages
  10. vitellorubin
  11. Vitellos

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