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Wolffian body

American  

noun

Embryology.

  1. the mesonephros.

Wolffian body British  
/ ˈvɒlfɪən /

noun

  1. embryol another name for mesonephros

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Etymology

Origin of Wolffian body

1835–45; named after Kaspar Friedrich Wolff; -ian

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