a. Anat. Applied to certain structures discovered or described by Thomas Wharton, English anatomist (1610–73), as Whartonian (also Wharton’s) duct, gelatine (jelly): see quots.
1840. W. J. E. Wilson, Anat. Vade M., 474. The excretory duct (Wharton’s) of the submaxillary gland commences upon the papilla, by the side of the frænum linguæ.
1857. Bullock, trans. Cazeaux’ Midwifery, 209. These vessels are surrounded by a gelatinous substance called Wharton’s gelatine.
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Whartonian Duct.
1874. C. H. Jones & Siev., Path. Anat. (ed. 2), 137. The Whartonian jelly of the umbilical cord.
