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Wolffian duct

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Wolffian duct1

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

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