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Definition of Fertilization membrane
1. Noun. The membrane that forms around a fertilized ovum and prevents penetration by additional spermatozoon.
Medical Definition of Fertilization membrane
1. A viscous membrane formed on the inner surface of the vitelline membrane from the cytoplasm of the egg cell after entry of the sperm, preventing the entry of additional sperm. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fertilization Membrane
Literary usage of Fertilization membrane
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.) (1915)
"The writer has time and again stated that the formation or non-formation of the
fertilization membrane is of only secondary importance; what matters are the ..."
2. Artificial Parthenogenesis and Fertilization by Jacques Loeb (1913)
"These blisters grow in size and their contents fuse while the surface film of
all the blisters forms the outer fertilization membrane. ..."
3. Popular Science Monthly (1914)
"The inner layer of the jelly looks like a distinct membrane and is called the "
fertilization membrane." Loeb considers its formation of great importance. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"It would be impossible for the fluid between fertilization membrane and egg to
have come from the egg without a greater diminution in volume than is ..."
5. Problems of Fertilization by Frank Rattray Lillie (1919)
"Such a membrane is hence often called the fertilization membrane. ... The formation
of the fertilization membrane in the egg of the sea urchin ..."
6. Fundamentals of Botany by Charles Stuart Gager (1916)
"(a) The immediate result of fertilization is physical—the formation of the
fertilization-membrane. Just how this is accomplished is not clearly understood. ..."
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