English Explanatory Dictionary

Jacobson's organ

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The vomeronasal organ, an auxiliary olfactory sense organ found in many animals.

Word forms

Jacobson's organ Jacobson's organs

Etymology

After Ludwig Lewin Jacobson (1783–1843), Danish surgeon, who discovered it in 1813.

Synonyms

vomeronasal organ VNO
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