ovoplasma

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noun

egg yolk

“The ovoplasma was clear and free of detritus.”

Scrabble 16

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nounovoplasma (uncountable)
  1. uncountableegg yolk

    The ovoplasma was clear and free of detritus.

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    ...the secondary rise in damage is related to the effect of high radiation doses on ovoplasma.

    1966, D. D. Romashov, V. N. Belyayeva, "The Radiosensitivity of Loach (Misgurnus Fossilis L) Ovicells", in Genetics, U. S. Department of Commerce, No. 4, 1965, USSR (6 May 1966), p. 152

    Pig oocyte fragments, on which can be seen ZP, part of the ovoplasma and part of the follicle cells lying outside.

    1986, Comptes rendus de l'Académie bulgare des sciences: sciences mathématiques et naturelles, Presses de l'Académie des Sciences, Vol. 39, p. 148

    Internal Zona Radiata (ZR) is not broken down and ZR has not sunk into the ovoplasma. Ovoplasma is frequently discoloured, and organization of organelles (e. g. yolk granules) is not symmetrical.

    2002, Agnes Christine Gundersen, Reproduction of West-Nordic Greenland Halibut: Studies Reflecting on Maturity, Fecundity, Spawning and TEP, Nordic Council of Ministers, page 53

    This imperative of purity has become a regulatory force in practice, as can be seen from the prohibition on nuclear transfer or ovoplasma transplantation in reproductive medicine, which was mentioned above.

    2008, Ole Döring, “Exploring the Meaning of 'Good' in Chinese Bioethics”, in Junjie Huang, Gregor Paul, Heiner Roetz, editors, The Book of Mencius and Its Reception in China and Beyond, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page 198

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