Testis
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens wordnet
- 3 An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"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."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin testis.