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Testis
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| the tendon joining the calf muscles to the heel bone |
| the system by which oxygen is taken into the body; in mammals the system includes the nasal passages, pharynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs |
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| testis (ˈtɛstɪs) | |
| —n , pl -tes | |
| another word for testicle | |
| [C17: from Latin, literally: witness (to masculinity)] | |
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Word Origin & History
testis
(pl. testes), 1704, from L. testis "testicle," usually regarded as a special application of testis "witness" (see testament), presumably because it "bears witness" to virility (cf. Gk. parastates, lit. "one that stands by;" and Fr. slang témoins, lit. "witnesses").
EXPANDBut Buck thinks Gk. parastatai "testicles" has been wrongly associated with the legal sense of parastates "supporter, defender" and suggests instead parastatai in the sense of twin "supporting pillars, props of a mast," etc. Walde, meanwhile, suggests a connection between testis and testa "pot, shell, etc."
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Medical Dictionary
testis tes·tis (těs'tĭs)
n. pl. tes·tes (-tēz)
The male reproductive gland, the source of spermatozoa and the androgens, normally occurring paired in an external scrotum. Also called didymus, orchis.
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testis  (těs'tĭs) Pronunciation Key
Plural testes (těs'tēz) The primary reproductive organ of male animals, in which sperm and the male sex hormones (androgens) are produced. In most vertebrates, the testes are contained inside the body. In many mammals, however, the testes are enclosed in an external scrotum. |
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