| Wheelhouse, Claudius | <person> English surgeon, 1826-1909. See: Wheelhouse's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Wheelhouse's operation | An obsolete term for external urethrotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Claudius | Friedrich M., German anatomist, 1822-1869. See: Claudius' cells, Claudius' fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Claudius' cells | Columnar cell's on the floor of the ductus cochlearis external to the organ of Corti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Claudius' fossa | A depression in the parietal peritoneum of the pelvis; it is bounded in front by the obliterated umbilical artery, and behind by the ureter and the uterine vessels; it lodges the ovary. Synonym: fossa ovarica, Claudius' fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |