Remnants of the tubules and glomeruli of the lower part of the mesonephros appearing as a few scattered tubules in the broad ligament between the epoöphoron and the uterus. Its equivalent in the male is the paradidymis. SYN: parovarium. [para- + oophoron, ovary]
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par·ooph·o·ron .par-ō-'äf-ə-.rän n a group of rudimentary tubules in the broad ligament between the epoophoron and the uterus that constitutes a remnant of the lower part of the mesonephros in the female corresponding to the paradidymis of the male
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the vestigial remains of part of the mesonephric duct (see mesonephros) in the female, situated next to each ovary. It is associated with a similar structure, the epoophoron. Both are without known function.
Medical dictionary. 2011.