seminal vesicle en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɛmɪnəl ˈvɛsɪkəl/
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Meanings
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One of two simple tubular glands located behind the male urinary bladder, responsible for the production of about sixty percent of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen.
Billy made a noise like a small, rusty hinge. He had just emptied his seminal vesicles into Valencia […]
1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 151:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| seminal vesicles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
Wolffian duct - embryological precursor
Translations (33)
da sædblære (seminal vesicle) · fr vésicule séminale (seminal vesicle) · cmn 精囊 (seminal vesicle) · ca vesícula seminal (seminal vesicle) · ja 精嚢 (seminal vesicle) · sk semenný mechúrik (seminal vesicle) · kmr çikildanê tovavê (seminal vesicle) · la vesicula seminalis (seminal vesicle) · id vesikula seminalis (seminal vesicle) · is sæðisblöðrungur (seminal vesicle) · cs semenný váček (seminal vesicle) · lt sėklinė pūslelė (seminal vesicle) · is sæðiskirtill (seminal vesicle) · gl vesícula seminal (seminal vesicle) · de Samenbläschen (seminal vesicle) · sv sädesblåsa (seminal vesicle) · de Bläschendrüse (seminal vesicle) · it vescicola seminale (seminal vesicle) · hu ondóhólyag (seminal vesicle) · pt vesícula seminal (seminal vesicle) · ar حُوَيْصِلَة مَنَوِيَّة (seminal vesicle) · arz حويصلة منوية (seminal vesicle) · ms vesikel semen (seminal vesicle) · de Samenblase (seminal vesicle) · hy սերմնաբուշտ (seminal vesicle) · es vesícula seminal (seminal vesicle) · es glándula seminal (seminal vesicle) · hy սերմնաբշտիկ (seminal vesicle) · tl punlayan (seminal vesicle) · fi siittiörakkula (seminal vesicle) · fi rakkularauhanen (seminal vesicle) · is sáðblaðra (seminal vesicle) · ru семенно́й пузырёк (seminal vesicle)