meaning of chalasa

1. The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.
2.
A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the birds egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.
3.
one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell


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chalaza | chalazae | chalazal | chalazas | chalaze | chalaziferous | chalazion |

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