epoophoronn.
/ɛpəʊˈɒfərɒn/ Anatomy.
= parovarium n.
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1883 M. Foster & F. M. Balfour Elements Embryol. (ed. 2) 224 The sexual part becomes in the cock the after-testes or coni vasculosi... In the hen it forms part of the epoophoron of Waldeyer, and is composed of well-developed tubes with yellow pigment.
1887 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 520/2 The parovarium (Syn., paroöphoron, epoöphoron, corpus pampiniforme (Wrisberg), organ of Rosenmüller) in the human female, is a structure having a vertical diameter of 15 to 25 mm.
1962 Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 1538 The epoöphoron lies in the lateral part of the mesosalpinx between the ovary and the uterine tube.
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