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duct of Wir·sung Pronunciation:
-'vir-(")zu[ng], -z&[ng] Function:
noun : PANCREATIC DUCT a Wirsung, Johann Georg (1600–1643), German anatomist. A professor of anatomy at Padua, Italy, Wirsung discovered and drew anillustration of the excretory duct of the pancreas in 1642. The following year he published a formal description. Shortly thereafter, he was assassinated in a dispute over his claims of discovery.
