alecithal
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alecithal
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From a- + lecithal.
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- Tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm. 1880-1881, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology 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 […] little
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Talk about this word "alecithal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/alecithal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. alecithal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/alecithal "alecithal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/alecithal.
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@misc{alecithal_2026,
title = {alecithal},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alecithal},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
