Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Wolffian body proper; the central or intermediate part of the segmental organs or primitive renal organs of the embryo, between the pronephron and the metanephron, whose duct is the Wolffian duct: distinguished from
pronephron and metanephron.
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Examples
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It must not be confounded with the floating kidney, which is a congenital condition due to the development of a mesonephron.
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It is believed to be due to the fact that the kidney is completely enveloped by peritoneum which then passes backward to the vertebral column as a double layer, forming a mesonephron which permits movement.
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