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epididymis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun epididymis has 1 sense
- epididymis(n = noun.body) - a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens; is a kind of canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct
is a part of ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis, seminal duct
has parts: vasa efferentia
CIDE DICTIONARY
epididymis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ; 'epi` upon + testicle.].
An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
epididymis, n. (pl. epididymides) Anat. a convoluted duct behind the testis, along which sperm passes to the vas deferens.
Etymology
Gk epididumis (as EPI-, didumoi testicles)
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