Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
parepididymis .
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- noun anatomy A small collection of
convoluted tubules situated in front of the lower part of thespermatic cord , above the head of theepididymis .
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A large part of the head end of the mesonephros atrophies and disappears; of the remainder the anterior tubules form the efferent ducts of the testis; while the posterior tubules are represented by the ductuli aberrantes, and by the paradidymis, which is sometimes found in front of the spermatic cord above the head of the epididymis (Fig. 1110, C).
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The atrophied relic of the former is known as the paradidymis, that of the latter as the parovarium.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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Scattered remains of the Wolffian body, constituting the organ of Giraldès, or the paradidymis of Waldeyer.
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