| meson |
an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
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| meson |
In particle physics, a meson is a strongly interacting boson, that is, it is a hadron with integral spin. In the Standard Model, mesons are composite (non-elementary) particles composed of an even number of quarks and antiquarks. Until the discovery of the tetraquark, all known mesons were believed to consist of a quark-antiquark pair - the so-called valence quarks - plus a "sea" of virtual quark-antiquark pairs and virtual gluons. ...
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| mesonephroma |
A rare type of tumor, usually of the female genital tract, in which the inside of the cells looks clear when viewed under a microscope. Also called clear cell carcinoma and clear cell adenocarcinoma.
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| mesonephric duct |
A tubule that forms by posterior extension of the pronephric duct and differentiates into the urinary and male reproductive tract: the Wolffian duct.
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| mesonephros |
The second kidney that forms next to the pronephros posteriorly during embryogenesis. In mammals, this is a transient embryonic organ that subsequently degenerates but is thought to be functional. The urinary function is postnatally taken over by the metanephros.
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