Definition of Chalazae

1. Noun. (plural of chalaza) ¹

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Definition of Chalazae

1. chalaza [n] - See also: chalaza

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalazae

chakalaka
chakra
chakram
chakrams
chakras
chal
chalah
chalahs
chalan
chalaned
chalaning
chalans
chalasia
chalastic
chalaza
chalazae (current term)
chalazal
chalazas
chalaze
chalazes
chalazia
chalaziferous
chalazion
chalazions
chalcanthite
chalcedonic
chalcedonies
chalcedony
chalcid
chalcid fly

Literary usage of Chalazae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1918)
"chalazae unattached and in these there is no chalazal axis. The two chalazae are frequently unequal in size or form, as was said above (p. 327). ..."

2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"1 The main function of the chalazae is to keep the yolk more steady in the albumen, and to moderate the effects of any violent movement or rotation of the ..."

3. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"The chalazae are twisted, dense cord-like structures at either pole of the yolk, ... The chalazae thus act as stays to this structure, which is carrying a ..."

4. The Elements of Embryology by Michael Foster, Francis Maitland Balfour (1883)
"The spirals of the two chalazae are in different directions. ... During the formation of the chalazae the rest of the albumen is also deposited ..."

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