CHALAZA
\t͡ʃalˈɑːzə], \tʃalˈɑːzə], \tʃ_a_l_ˈɑː_z_ə]\
Definitions of CHALAZA
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.
By Oddity Software
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A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.
By Noah Webster.
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1. Chalazion. 2. The suspensory ligament of the yolk in a bird's egg. 3. In botany, the base of the body of the ovule where it blends with its coats.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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The brown spot on a seed where the integuments and nucleus are united; one of two twisted diaments attached to each end of the yolk of an egg and binding it to the membranes.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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One of the two spiral bands attaching the yolk to the membrane of a bird's egg; the base of the nucellus of an ovule from which the integuments arise.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A hard, round, transparent tumour, developed in different parts of the body, more especially in the substance of the eyelids. - Also, the Cicatricula of the egg. Generally, however, in the language of ovologists, the chalazae or poles are, in the egg of the bird, the more dense internal layer of the albumen, which adheres to the yolk, and is continued, in the form of two spirally twisted bands, towards the extremities of the egg. The twisting is considered to be produced by the revolving motion of the egg in its descent through the oviduct.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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