bursa-equivalent

bursa-equivalent
bur·sa-equiv·a·lent (burґsə e-kwivґə-lent) analogous to the bursa of Fabricius; see B lymphocyte, under lymphocyte, and bursa-equivalent tissue, under tissue.

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