pronephricadj.
/prəʊˈnɛfrɪk/, U.S. /proʊˈnɛfrɪk/ Embryology and Zoology.
Of or relating to the pronephros; spec. designating the Müllerian duct.
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1877 E. R. Lankester in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 17 429 The pronephron (Kopfnieren) aborts, the pronephric duct becomes the oviduct; it is frequently called Müller's duct.
1897 Amer. Naturalist 31 938 Certain anatomical characteristics of the Vertebrates... The general arrangement of the mesoderm, the pronephric duct, and the head.
1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. ii. 227 Make a diagram to show the segmental duct, nephrostome and pronephric tubules as seen in sections of tadpoles at the time of hatching.
1958 C. K. Weichert Anat. Chordates (ed. 2) ii. vii. 242 The pronephros in anamniotes actually consists of a varying number of anteriorly located pronephric tubules.
1993 Developmental Biol. 159 338 In most amphibians the pronephric duct is formed by active migration of the pronephric duct rudiment (PDR) cells along a predetermined pathway.
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