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exclave

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exclave /ex·clave/ (eks´klāv) a detached part of an organ.
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The accessory thyroid is an exclave of the thyroid.

ex·clave (ksklv)
n.
An outlying, detached portion of a gland or other part, as of the thyroid or pancreas; an accessory gland.

exclave [eks´klāv]
a detached part of an organ.

exclave
a detached part of an organ.


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