Müllerian duct

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Müllerian duct (paramesonephric duct) (mew-leer-iăn) n. either of a pair of ducts in the embryo that in females develop into the Fallopian tubes, uterus, and part of the vagina. [ J. P. Müller (1801–58), German physiologist]

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