enclave
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enclave
[en´klāv]tissue detached from its normal connection and enclosed within another organ.
en·clave
(en'klāv, ahn-klahv'),An enclosure; a detached mass of tissue enclosed in tissue of another kind; seen especially in the case of isolated masses of gland tissue detached from the main gland.
[Fr. fr. L. clavis, key]
en·clave
(en'klāv, on')An enclosure; a detached mass of tissue enclosed in tissue of another kind; seen especially in the case of isolated masses of gland tissue detached from the main gland.
[Fr. fr. L. clavis, key]