单词 | epididymis |
释义 | epididymisn. Anatomy. ‘A long, narrow structure attached to the posterior border of the adjoining outer surface of the testicle, and consisting chiefly of coils of the efferent duct, which emerge from it as the vas deferens’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > testicle or testicles > parts of didymis1543 worm1545 parastata1578 epididymis1612 paradidymis1876 parorchis1878 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. iii. sig. G2v She must feele his Epididimis. Where is the Doxie? View more context for this quotation a1652 R. Brome Court Begger iv. iii. sig. R5v, in Five New Playes (1653) To save his Epididamies. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 294 Animalcles..being never found unless in the cellules producing them, in the Epididymis, the Vas deferens and the Vesicles. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 134 A convoluted epididymis-like mass of a yellowish colour. Derivatives ˌepididyˈmitis n. [see -itis suffix] Pathology inflammation of the epididymis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [noun] > of male > disorders of testicles hydrocele1598 spermatocele1684 sarcocele1743 orchitis1799 orchidocele1842 orchiocele1842 vaginalitis1848 epididymitis1849 tuberculocele1858 maldescent1908 seminoma1931 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 991/1 A lad..affected with epididymitis. 1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 63 In this way epididymitis may sometimes be averted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1612 |
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