Mullerian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mullerian \M["u]l*le"ri*an\, prop. a. (Anat., Med.)
     Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes M["u]ller; as,
     Mullerian duct; Muellerian tumor; M["u]llerian capsule.
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     {M["u]llerian ducts} (Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which


        give rise to the genital passages in the female, but
        disappear in the male.
  
     {M["u]llerian fibers} (Anat.), the sustentacular or
        connective-tissue fibers which form the framework of the
        retina.
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