organ of Zuckerkandl

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounorgan of Zuckerkandl (plural organs of Zuckerkandl)

plural organs of Zuckerkandl

  1. anatomyA 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.

Origin

First described by Emil Zuckerkandl, a professor of anatomy at the University of Vienna, in 1901.

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organ of Zuckerkandl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organ%20of%20Zuckerkandl

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“organ of Zuckerkandl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organ%20of%20Zuckerkandl. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “organ of Zuckerkandl,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organ%20of%20Zuckerkandl.

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