Definitions for vitelline

vitelline vi·tel·line

Spelling: [vi-tel-in, -een, vahy-]
IPA: /vɪˈtɛl ɪn, -in, vaɪ-/

Vitelline is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in vitelline (eeiillntv).

Definitions for vitelline

adjective

  1. of or relating to the egg yolk.
  2. having a yellow color resembling that of an egg yolk.

Origin of vitelline

First recorded in 1375-1425; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word vitellīnus. See vitellus, -ine1

Examples for vitelline

It unites with the common stem of the allantoic and vitelline veins in front of the liver.

The only membrane enclosing the individual eggs is the vitelline membrane.

The amnion (am) was completely formed, and vitelline vessels had made their appearance.

The peripheral segment of the omphalo-mesenteric artery disappears with the cessation of the vitelline circulation.

The yolk-sack was large and vascular, and was connected with the fœtal vascular system by a vitelline artery and two veins.

Surrounding the embryo is a vitelline membrane, an inner, and an outer envelope (Fig. 1).

The section passes through the region of the trunk behind the vitelline duct.

Now, the human ovum or egg consists of a vitellus or yolk, which is covered by a similar membrane, known as the vitelline.

Each egg is encased in a vitelline membrane, but individual outer envelopes are lacking.

vitelline -us: yellow, with a slight tinge of red, like yolk of an egg.

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