See Also: vitello-(dictionary)
vitello tonnato(dictionary)

vitello- (iou)



vitello- combining form.
[from Latin VITELLUS: see -O-.]
Biology & Biochemistry. Forming words with the sense 'of or pertaining to the yolk of an egg'.
vitello'genesis noun the formation of the yolk of an egg M20.
vitelloge'netic,
vitello'genic adjectives producing the yolk M20.
vitello'genin noun a blood-borne protein from which the substance of the yolk is made M20.
vitellophage noun (Entomology) any of the cells which metabolize the yolk of an insect egg during early embryonic development L19.