definitive zone of adrenal cortex

definitive zone of adrenal cortex
the smaller outer zone of the primordial adrenal cortex and that of the fetus and newborn; this part develops into the zona fasciculata and zona glomerulosa. See also fetal z. of adrenal cortex.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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