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First described by Emil Zuckerkandl, a professor of anatomy at the University of Vienna, in 1901.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
organ of Zuckerkandl
Today it means: A chromaffin body derived from the neural crest located at the bifurcation of the aorta or at the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery. It may be the source of a paraganglioma. Full definition →