See Also: megalecithal(medicine)
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ding(7) (iou) and megalecithal (medicine)


ding(7) (iou)



ding verb2. M16.
[Imit., but in sense 1 infl. by DING verb1 and DIN verb.]
a. verb trans. Din into a person. M16.
b. verb intrans. Speak with wearisome persistence, esp. reprovingly. L16.
verb intrans. Make a sound like metal heavily struck; ring like a bell struck once. Also redupl. E19.
Dickens Sledge hammers were dinging upon iron all day long. J. Herriot The bell ding-dinged and the tram began to move.

megalecithal (medicine)


megalecithal


Denoting an egg rich in yolk, as in bony fishes, reptiles, and birds.

Origin: mega-+ G. Lekithos, yolk