mesonephros
noun
ˌmē-, -sə-, -ˌfräs\
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Definition of mesonephros
: 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
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mesonephros
noun
ˌmēz-,
ˌmēs-, ˌmes-, -ˌräs\
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Medical Definition of mesonephros
: 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
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