scrotum
pronunciation
How to pronounce scrotum in British English:
UK [ˈskrəʊtəm]
How to pronounce scrotum in American English:
US [ˈskroʊtəm]
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- Noun:
- the external pouch that contains the testes
Word Origin
- scrotum (n.)
- "purse-like tegumentary investment of the testes and part of the spermatic cord; the cod" [Century Dictionary], 1590s, from Latin scrotum, probably transposed from scortum "a skin, hide" (see corium), perhaps by influence of scrautum "leather quiver for arrows." "Isn't the sea what Algy calls it: a grey sweet mother? The snotgreen sea. The scrotum-tightening sea. Epi oinopa ponton." [Joyce, "Ulysses"] Related: Scrotal.
Example
- 1. You may have a swelling of the veins in the scrotum . This is called a varicocele .
- 2. What you see : your scrotum is " fuller " and " heavier " on one side than the other .
- 3. Another thing that may cause a lump near the testicles is a hernia , which is when part of the intestine comes into the scrotum through a small space from the abdomen .
- 4. One , " reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance , " or risug , involves injecting gel into the scrotum to inactivate sperm .
- 5. Some men say that they have a more focal experience , feeling the orgasm in the scrotum and the genital area .