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Alecithal

Alecithal \A*lec"i*thal\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + ? yelk.] (Biol.) Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm.
--Balfour.

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alecithal

a. (context biology of an ovum English) Tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm.