YOLK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yolk mean? 

• YOLK (noun)
  The noun YOLK has 2 senses:

1. the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen

2. nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)

  Familiarity information: YOLK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YOLK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

egg yolk; yolk

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

vitellus; yolk

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)

 Context examples 

A yolk sac tumor that arises from the ovary and occurs in children.

(Childhood Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A yolk sac tumor that arises from the ovary and is characterized by the presence of extensive differentiation into endodermal type glandular structures.

(Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor, Glandular Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include: germinoma, embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumor, choriocarcinoma, and teratoma.

(Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A yolk sac tumor that arises from the liver.

(Liver Yolk Sac Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A yolk sac tumor that arises from the ovary and is characterized by the presence of extensive differentiation into hepatic tissue.

(Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor, Hepatoid Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include teratoma and yolk sac tumor.

(Liver Germ cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A yolk sac tumor that arises from the ovary and is characterized by the presence of multiple dilated spaces lined by cells that resemble mesothelial cells.

(Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor, Polyvesicular Vitelline Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)

A yolk sac tumor that arises from the testis during childhood.

(Childhood Testicular Yolk Sac Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

There are several types of nonseminoma tumors, including embryonal carcinoma, malignant teratoma, choriocarcinoma, and yolk sac tumor.

(Nonseminoma, NCI Dictionary)

Nonseminomas are identified by the type of cell in which they begin and include embryonal carcinoma, teratoma, choriocarcinoma, and yolk sac carcinoma.

(Non-Seminomatous Lesion, NCI Dictionary)