BURSA OF FABRICIUS


Meaning of BURSA OF FABRICIUS in English

-fəˈbrish(ē)əs

Usage: usually capitalized F

Etymology: translation of New Latin bursa Fabricii, from bursa + Fabricii, gen. of Fabricius (Hieronymous Fabricius of Aquapendente died 1619 Italian anatomist)

: a blind glandular sac that opens into the cloaca of birds and functions in immunoglobulin production

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.