Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vestige of the Wolffian body in the female, corresponding to the vasa efferentia and coni vasculosi of the male.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct; the epoöphoron.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A group of
tubules , aremnant of the Wolffian body, often found near theovary oroviduct .
Etymologies
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para- + ovarium
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Examples
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Epoöphoron (parovarium; organ of Rosenmüller) (Figs. 1161, 1162).
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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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