EPIDIDYMIS


Meaning of EPIDIDYMIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌe-pə-ˈdi-də-məs ]

noun

( plural ep·i·did·y·mi·des -mə-ˌdēz)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, from epi- + didymos testicle, twin, from dyo two — more at two

Date: 1610

: a system of ductules emerging posteriorly from the testis that holds sperm during maturation and that forms a tangled mass before uniting into a single coiled duct which is continuous with the vas deferens

• ep·i·did·y·mal -məl adjective

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