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YOLK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
Synonyms:
vitellus; yolk
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("yolk" is a kind of...):
food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)
Holonyms ("yolk" is a part of...):
egg (animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen
Synonyms:
egg yolk; yolk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("yolk" is a kind of...):
fixings; ingredient (food that is a component of a mixture in cooking)
Holonyms ("yolk" is a part of...):
egg; eggs (oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food)
Context examples:
In the early development of a fetus, erythropoiesis takes place in the yolk sac, spleen, and liver.
(Erythropoiesis, NCI Dictionary)
This category includes teratoma, choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma, and yolk sac tumor.
(Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include teratoma, embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumor, and dysgerminoma.
(Ovarian germ cell tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Some other natural sources of vitamin D-3 include egg yolks and oily fish.
(Vitamin D-3 Could 'Reverse' Damage to Heart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Yolks are also one of the only natural sources of vitamin D.
(Eggs No Longer Part of a Healthy Diet?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It includes the embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumor, choriocarcinoma, and mixed germ cell tumors.
(Childhood Malignant Testicular Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A mixture of neutral lipids (70%), phosphatidylcholine (20%) and phosphatidylethanolamine (10%) extracted from egg yolk.
(AL721, NCI Thesaurus)
The most common combination of germ cell elements is dysgerminoma and yolk sac tumor.
(Ovarian Mixed Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
It includes the dysgerminoma, yolk sac tumor, choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma and immature teratoma.
(Childhood Malignant Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
The different germ cell components include choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumor, teratoma, and seminoma.
(Mixed Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
