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MESONEPHRIC

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mes⋅o⋅neph⋅ros

  [mez-uh-nef-ros, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-]
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–noun, plural -roi  [-roi] . 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.

Origin:
1875–80; < NL, equiv. to meso- meso- + Gk nephrós kidney

Related forms:
mes⋅o⋅neph⋅ric, adjective
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mes·o·neph·ros   (měz'ə-něf'rəs, -rŏs', měs'-)   
n.  The second of the three excretory organs that develop in a vertebrate embryo, becoming the functioning kidney in fish and amphibians but replaced by the metanephros in higher vertebrates. Also called Wolffian body.

[meso- + Greek nephros, kidney.]
mes'o·neph'ric adj.
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Main Entry: me·so·neph·ric
Pronunciation: "mez-&-'nef-rik, "mEz-, "mEs-, "mes-
Function: adjective
: of or relating to themesonephros

Main Entry: me·so·neph·ros
Pronunciation: "mez-&-'nef-r&s, "mEz-, "mEs-, "mes-, -"räs
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural me·so·neph·roi /-"roi/
: either member of the second and midmost of the three paired vertebrate renal organs that functions in adult fishes andamphibians but functions only in the embryo of reptiles, birds, and mammals in which it is replaced by a metanephros in the adult called also Wolffian body; —compare PRONEPHROS
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mesonephros mes·o·neph·ros (měz'ə-něf'rəs, -rŏs', měs'-)
n. pl. mes·o·neph·roi (-něf'roi')
The second of the three excretory organs that develop in a vertebrate embryo, replaced by the metanephros in higher vertebrates. Also called wolffian body.

mes'o·neph'ric adj.

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