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vitellolytic

vitellolytic adjective: that breaks down egg yolk.

Adjective

vitellolytic (not comparable)

  1. That breaks down egg yolk

Origin of vitellolytic

From vitello- + -lytic.

Questions about vitellolytic

What does vitellolytic mean?
Vitellolytic means that breaks down egg yolk.
What part of speech is vitellolytic?
Vitellolytic is an adjective.

Words near vitellolytic in the dictionary

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

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