WOLFFIAN DUCT


Meaning of WOLFFIAN DUCT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwu̇l-fē-ən- ]

noun

Etymology: Kaspar Friedrich Wolff

Date: 1876

: the duct of the mesonephros that persists in the female chiefly as part of a vestigial organ and in the male as the duct system leaving the testis and including the epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicle, and ejaculatory duct

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