Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alecithal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: alecithal
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm.

Example Sentences

"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"

Etymology

From a- + lecithal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a

Questions

What does alecithal mean?: Tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm.
Where does alecithal come from?: From a- + lecithal.

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