SINCE 1828
area pellucida
noun
area pel·lu·ci·da
| \-pə-ˈlü-səd-ə
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Medical Definition of area pellucida
: the pellucid central area that immediately surrounds a vertebrate embryo (as of a bird) formed by discoidal cleavage
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