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nonscrotal en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + scrotal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not scrotal.
    • The putative advantage of Androderm is that it can result in direct absorption of testosterone across nonscrotal skin. 2000, Lucretia Van den Berg, Endocrinology of aging, page 142:
    • Male maturity is evident from descent of the testes; adult males are scrotal year-round, whereas subadult males are partially or nonscrotal. 2008, Melissa A. Hillegass et al., “The influence of sex and sociality on parasite loads in an African ground squirrel”, in Behavioral Ecology, volume 19, number 5, →DOI, pages 1006–1011: