Wolffian duct


noun(sometimes lowercase)Embryology.
  1. a duct, draining the mesonephros of the embryo, that becomes the vas deferens in males and vestigial in females.

Origin of Wolffian duct

1
1875–80; named after K. F. Wolff; see -ian

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