HYDATID OF MORGAGNI


Meaning of HYDATID OF MORGAGNI in English

-mȯ(r)ˈgänyē

Usage: usually capitalized M

Etymology: after Giovanni B. Morgagni died 1771 Italian physician

1. : a small stalked or predunculated body found between the testicle and the head of the epididymis in the male or attached to the fimbriae of the fallopian tube or the broad ligament in the female and considered to be a remnant of the duct of the pronephros or of the upper end of the müllerian duct

2. : a small unstalked or sessile body found in the same situation in the male only and considered to be a remnant of the müllerian duct

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