Definitions for vitellus

vitellus vi·tel·lus

Spelling: [vi-tel-uh s, vahy-]
IPA: /vɪˈtɛl əs, vaɪ-/

Vitellus is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 205 anagrams from letters in vitellus (eillstuv).

Definitions for vitellus

noun

  1. the yolk of an egg.

Origin of vitellus

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1720-30

Examples for vitellus

This vitellus or yolk undergoes a series of segmentation or dividings which are known as spontaneous segmentation.

It is formed from the vitellus at a much later period than the proper vitelline membrane.

vitellus abdicated the Roman empire, which "he had received against his will."

Vit′ellary, Vitell′ine, pertaining to the vitellus, or forming such.

It has only been met with in the vitellus of some of the medium sized ova of a young female.

In Ascidia canina these processes become as long as the whole diameter of the vitellus (Kupffer, No. 60).

The yolk spherules I find to be first developed in a peripheral layer of the vitellus.

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

Vitelligenous: producing the vitellus or yolk: said of certain cells in the ovaries, believed to have that function.

As a consequence of this superficial concentration we get segmentation of the vitellus, with the production of a morula.

Word Value for vitellus
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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