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bursa of Fabricius
noun
, Ornithology.
- a lymphoid gland of the cloaca in birds, believed to function in disease resistance, and closing or disappearing as the bird ages.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bursa of Fabricius1
After Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente (1537–1619), Italian anatomist, who discovered it
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