epoophoron Anat.
(ɛpəʊˈɒfərɒn)
[mod.L., f. ep- + oophoron ovary (f. Gr. {wlenisisub}όν egg + -ϕόρος bearing, bearer).]
= parovarium.
| 1883 Foster & Balfour Elem. 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 Buck's 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. |