‖ paroophoron Anat.
(pærəʊˈɒfərɒn)
[mod.L., f. para-1 + ōophoron ovary.]
a. = parovarium. b. A small remnant of the Wolffian body in the female, corresponding to the parepididymis in the male. So ‖ paroophoˈritis Path., inflammation of the parts adjacent to the ovary.
| 1872 Peaslee Ovar. Tumors 12 The paroophoron, or parovarium, is a rule of embryonic life. 1881 Balfour Comp. Embryol. II. xxiii. 597 Remnants of the anterior non-sexual parts of the Wolffian bodies have been called by Waldeyer parepididymis in the male, and paroophoron in the female. 1893 Syd. Soc. Lex., Paroöphoritis. |