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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
tes·ti·cle       [tes-ti-kuhl] Pronunciation Key
–noun
testis.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L testiculus. See testis, -cle1]
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tes·ti·cle       (těs'tĭ-kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A testis, especially one contained within a scrotum.


[Middle English testicule, from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis, testis; see testis.]

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testicle 
1597, alteration of testicule (c.1425), from L. testiculus, dim. of testis "testicle" (see testis). The O.E. was herþan, probably originally "leather bag" (cf. heorþa "deer-skin"). The commonest slang terms for them in other languages are words that mean "balls," "stones," "nuts," "eggs."

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testicle

noun
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" [syn: testis

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testicle       (těs'tĭ-kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
Either of the testes of a male mammal together with the scrotum that contains it.

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testicle tes·ti·cle (těs'tĭ-kəl)
n.
A testis, especially one contained within the scrotum.

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Testicle

Tes"ti*cle\, n. [L. testiculus, dim. of testis a testicle, probably the same word as testis a witness, as being a witness to manhood. Cf. Test a witness.] (Anat.) One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the semen.

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