Wolffian body

Wolffian body
Wolff·ian body .wu̇l-fē-ən- n MESONEPHROS
Wolff 'vȯlf Caspar Friedrich (1734-1794)
German anatomist and embryologist. Wolff spent most of his career as a lecturer on anatomy at the Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg, Russia. His primary achievement was his refutation of the theory of preformation, the theory which held that the development of an organism was simply the expansion of a fully formed embryo. In his studies of the chick embryo he followed the development of the mesonephros and discovered the embryonic kidneys that become the final metanephros and are now known as Wolffian bodies.

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K. F. Wolff (1733-94), German anatomist

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mesonephros.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Wolffian body — Wolffian Wolff i*an, a. (Anat.) Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733 1794), the founder of modern embryology. [1913 Webster] {Wolffian body}, the mesonephros. {Wolffian duct}, the duct from the Wolffian body. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wolffian body — [wool′fē ən, vôl′fē ən] n. [after K. F. Wolff (1733 94), Ger embryologist who described it] the transitory mesonephros of higher vertebrates that functions as a kidney in the embryo and is replaced by the adult kidney …   English World dictionary

  • wolffian body — noun Usage: often capitalized W Etymology: wolffian (II) : mesonephros * * * Embryol. the mesonephros. [1835 45; named after Kaspar Friedrich WOLFF; see IAN] * * * Wolffian body noun The organ of excretion in the embryo, t …   Useful english dictionary

  • Wolffian body — Embryol. the mesonephros. [1835 45; named after Kaspar Friedrich WOLFF; see IAN] * * * …   Universalium

  • Wolffian body — mesonephros …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Wolffian body — Wolff′ian bod′y n. dvl mesonephros • Etymology: 1835–45; after Kaspar Friedrich Wolff …   From formal English to slang

  • Wolffian body — /wʊlfiən ˈbɒdi/ (say woolfeeuhn bodee) noun Embryology → mesonephros. {named after Kaspar Friedrich Wolff, 1733–94, German anatomist and physiologist} …  

  • Wolffian — Wolff i*an, a. (Anat.) Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733 1794), the founder of modern embryology. [1913 Webster] {Wolffian body}, the mesonephros. {Wolffian duct}, the duct from the Wolffian body. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wolffian duct — Wolffian Wolff i*an, a. (Anat.) Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733 1794), the founder of modern embryology. [1913 Webster] {Wolffian body}, the mesonephros. {Wolffian duct}, the duct from the Wolffian body. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wolffian tubules — Infobox Embryology Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 252 GrayPage = 1205 Caption = Section of the fold in the mesonephros of a chick embryo of the fourth day. Wolffian tubules are labeled to the right. Caption2 = Enlarged view from the front… …   Wikipedia

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