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Fabricus ab Aquapendente

(fă-brĭsh'ē-əs ăb ăk'wə-pĕn-dĕn'), Hieronymus 1537–1619.

Italian anatomist who gave the first detailed descriptions (1603) of the semilunar valves of the veins and established embryology as a medical discipline with his comparative studies of human and animal fetal development.

 
 
 

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