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mesonephros

[ mez-uh-nef-ros, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh- ]
/ ˌmɛz əˈnɛf rɒs, ˌmɛs-, ˌmi zə-, -sə- /
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noun, plural mes·o·neph·roi [mez-uh-nef-roi, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-]. /ˌmɛz əˈnɛf rɔɪ, ˌmɛs-, ˌmi zə-, -sə-/. Embryology.
one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
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Origin of mesonephros

1875–80; <New Latin, equivalent to meso-meso- + Greek nephrós kidney

OTHER WORDS FROM mesonephros

mes·o·neph·ric, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for mesonephros

mesonephros
/ (ˌmɛsəʊˈnɛfrɒs) /

noun
the middle part of the embryonic kidney in vertebrates, becoming the adult kidney in fishes and amphibians and the epididymis in reptiles, birds, and mammalsSee also pronephros, metanephros

Derived forms of mesonephros

mesonephric, adjective

Word Origin for mesonephros

C19: New Latin, from meso- + Greek nephros kidney
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