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单词 mesonephros
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Definition of mesonephros in English:

mesonephros

(also mesonephron)
noun ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈnɛfrɒs
Anatomy Zoology
  • The part of the nephrogenic tissue of a vertebrate embryo that develops after the pronephros and forms the adult kidney of fishes and amphibians, but is succeeded by the metanephros in humans and other amniotes and persists only as the epididymis (in males) and the epoophoron (in females).

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Ray Lankester (1847–1929), zoologist. From meso- + ancient Greek νεϕρός kidney. In form mesonephron after ancient Greek nouns in -ον. Compare French mésonéphros. Compare the parallel formations metanephros, pronephros.

Definition of mesonephros in US English:

mesonephros

(also mesonephron)
nounˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈnɛfrɒs
Anatomy Zoology
  • The part of the nephrogenic tissue of a vertebrate embryo that develops after the pronephros and forms the adult kidney of fishes and amphibians, but is succeeded by the metanephros in humans and other amniotes and persists only as the epididymis (in males) and the epoophoron (in females).

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Ray Lankester (1847–1929), zoologist. From meso- + ancient Greek νεϕρός kidney. In form mesonephron after ancient Greek nouns in -ον. Compare French mésonéphros. Compare the parallel formations metanephros, pronephros.

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