parorchis

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English

Etymology

From para- +‎ orchis.

Noun

parorchis

  1. (anatomy, archaic) The part of the epididymis, or the corresponding part of the excretory duct of the testicle, that is derived from 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 parorchis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)