epididymis
pronunciation
How to pronounce epididymis in British English:
UK [ˌepɪ'dɪdɪmɪs]
How to pronounce epididymis in American English:
US [ˌepə'dɪdəmɪs]
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- Noun:
- a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens
Word Origin
- epididymis (n.)
- c. 1600, "fleshy mass at the back of the testicles," Modern Latin, literally "that which is on the testicles," from Greek epididymis, a word probably coined by Greek anatomist Herophilus (c. 353-280 B.C.E.) from epi "on" (see epi-) + didymos "testicle," literally "double, twofold" (adj.). An acceptable Englishing of it is in Richard Brome's "The Court Beggar" (1652): Strangelove. I doe not slight your act in the discovery, But your imposture, sir, and beastly practise Was before whisper'd to me by your Doctor To save his Epididamies Related: Epididymal.
Example
- 1. For example , you may be feeling the epididymis , the tightly coiled tube where sperm are stored .
- 2. When men go without ejaculating , the number of sperm stored in the epididymis at the top of the testicle increases .
- 3. Investigation of heroin addict testis and epididymis by b-ultrasound .
- 4. Is the epididymis tuberculosis able to lead to dysgenesis ?
- 5. Regulation of vacuolar proton pumping atpase-dependent luminal acidification in the epididymis .