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单词 mesonephros
释义

mesonephros

noun

me·​so·​neph·​ros ˌme-zə-ˈne-frəs How to pronounce mesonephros (audio)
ˌmē-,
-sə-,
-ˌfräs
plural mesonephroi ˌme-zə-ˈne-ˌfrȯi How to pronounce mesonephros (audio)
ˌmē-,
-sə-
: either member of the second and midmost of the three paired vertebrate renal organs that functions in adult fishes and amphibians but functions only in the embryo of reptiles, birds, and mammals in which it is replaced by a metanephros in the adult compare metanephros, pronephros
mesonephric
ˌme-zə-ˈne-frik How to pronounce mesonephros (audio)
ˌmē-
-sə-
adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from mes- + Greek nephros kidney — more at nephritis

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

mesonephros

noun

me·​so·​neph·​ros ˌmez-ə-ˈnef-rəs How to pronounce mesonephros (audio) ˌmēz- How to pronounce mesonephros (audio)
ˌmēs-,
ˌmes-,
-ˌräs
plural mesonephroi -ˌrȯi How to pronounce mesonephros (audio)
: either member of the second and midmost of the three paired vertebrate renal organs that functions in adult fishes and amphibians 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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