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testis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin testis.

Meanings

  1. A testicle of a vertebrate.
    • In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14:
  2. An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.

Forms

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testes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

ovotestis · testosterone · testitis · undescended testis

Relateds

testicle · aberratio testis · testicond · testicular · rete testis

Translations (2)

pl jądro ((anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.) · es teste ((anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.)