mesonephros

Term: mesonephros

Literally meaning: “middle kidney”

Origin: Anc Greek

μέσος/mesos(=middle, between)

νεφρός/nephros(-kidney)

Coined/History

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Definition

Mesonephros is one of the trhee excretory embbryonic organs in anamniotes after pronephros and before the metanephros.