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单词 epididymis
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epididymisn.

/ɛpɪˈdɪdɪmɪs/
Forms: Also 1600s epididimis, epididamies.
Etymology: < Greek ἐπιδιδυμίς, < ἐπί upon + δίδυμοι testicles.
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).
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