| bursa-equivalent |
analogous to the bursa of Fabricius; see B lymphocyte, under lymphocyte, and bursa-equivalent tissue, under tissue.
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| bursa-equivalent t. |
a hypothesized lymphoid tissue in nonavian vertebrates including human beings, equivalent to the bursa of Fabricius in birds: the site of B lymphocyte maturation. It now appears that B lymphocyte maturation occurs primarily in the bone marrow.
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