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tes⋅ti⋅cle

  [tes-ti-kuhl]
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–noun
testis.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L testiculus. See testis, -cle 1
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tes·ti·cle   (těs'tĭ-kəl)   
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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tes·ti·cle
Pronunciation: 'tes-ti-k&l
Function: noun
: TESTIS; especially : one with its enclosing structures
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testicle tes·ti·cle (těs'tĭ-kəl)
n.
A testis, especially one contained within the scrotum.

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