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Definition of Chalazae
1. chalaza [n] - See also: chalaza
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalazae
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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