mesonephron
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Related to mesonephron: metanephros, mesonephric duct
mesonephros
[mez″o-nef´ros] (pl. mesoneph´roi) (Gr.)the excretory organ of the embryo, arising caudad to the pronephros and using its duct. adj., adj mesoneph´ric.
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