testicle
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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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
testicle
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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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