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Fabricius, Girolamo

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Fabricius,

Girolamo (Hieronymus ab Aquapendente), Italian anatomist and embryologist, 1537-1619.

bursa fabricii - in poultry, a blind saclike structure located on the posterodorsal wall of the cloaca. Synonym(s): bursa of Fabricius

bursa of Fabricius - Synonym(s): bursa fabricii

Fabricius ship - the outlines of the sphenoid, occipital, and frontal bones, from their fancied resemblance to the hull of a ship.

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