English

alecithal

From a- + lecithal.

Formed from a- + lecithal

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Ancient Greek λέκῐθος ‘egg yolk’

Today it means

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

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Etymograph / alecithal