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bursa of Fabricius

noun

, Ornithology.
  1. 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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