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noun
A chromaffin body derived from the neural crest located at the bifurcation of the aorta or at the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery. It may be the source of a paraganglioma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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History
First described by Emil Zuckerkandl, a professor of anatomy at the University of Vienna, in 1901.
