parepididymis
English
editEtymology
editFrom para- + epididymis.
Noun
editparepididymis
- (anatomy) A small body containing convoluted tubules, situated near the epididymis in humans and some other animals, and supposed to be a remnant of the anterior part of the Wolffian body.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “parepididymis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)