Meanings
nounWolffian body (plural Wolffian bodies)
plural Wolffian bodies
- The mesonephros and paramesonephrotic blastema.
Origin
After Caspar Friedrich Wolff, who described it in 1759.
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APA
Wolffian body. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wolffian%20body
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“Wolffian body.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wolffian%20body. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wolffian body,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wolffian%20body.
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