- bursaof Fabricius
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bursa of Fa·bri·ci·us (fə-brĭshʹē-əs, -brĭshʹəs)
n.
A thymuslike lymphoid gland in birds that is an outgrowth of the cloaca and the site of B cell maturation.[After Hieronymus Fabricius (1537-1619), Italian anatomist.]
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Universalium. 2010.