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GARTNER'S DUCT

\ɡˈɑːtnəz dˈʌkt], \ɡˈɑːtnəz dˈʌkt], \ɡ_ˈɑː_t_n_ə_z d_ˈʌ_k_t]\

Definitions of GARTNER'S DUCT

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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In the female, a straight canal running down from the broad ligament of the uterus and incorporated in the uterine wall and vagina. It is a relic of the middle portion of the wolffian duct of the embryo. [F.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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