单词 | vas |
释义 | vasn. 1. a. Anatomy. A hollow organ serving for the conveyance of a liquid in the body. Commonly in specific applications with Latin epithet, as vas breve (plural vasa brevia); vas deferens (plural vasa deferentia) [ < Latin dēferens, present participle of dēferre (see deferent adj.1)] , a fibromuscular tube which carries spermatozoa from the epididymis at ejaculation, in man joining the duct from the seminal vesicle at the prostate gland to form the ejaculatory duct. (Also used elliptically for either of these.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > [noun] > vessel waya1382 vessel1398 vas1578 watercourse1615 aqueduct1712 path1904 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > ducts > [noun] > seminal or spermatic ducts seed bringer1545 vas deferens1578 seed trough1615 seed vein1615 spermatic1690 seminal1733 rete testis1777 rete1849 parepididymis1881 spermaduct1891 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man vi. f. 87 Why these ij. are called Vasa deferentia. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋174 Exhausting the stock of aliment from the vasa and viscera. 1713 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body iv. i. 163 On the upper part of the Testicles, are hard Bodies, call'd Epididymi; they are the beginnings of the Vasa Deferentia. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 981/1 The vas deferens is round and indurated,—harder than any other excretory duct in the body, by which character it is easily distinguished, when handled, from the other parts constituting the spermatic cord. 1900 R. Harrison in Lancet 14 July 96/2 I divided both his vasa in the usual way. 1900 R. Harrison in Lancet 14 July 97/2 Vasectomy or torsion of the vas for hypertrophy. 1975 Nature 9 Oct. 488/1 For collection of spermatozoa, the vasa deferentia were excised aseptically from adult Wistar strain rats. b. Botany. (See quots.)Commonly with Latin epithet, as vasa fibrosa, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > tissue > vessel(s) vesicle1670 vessel1672 air vessel1673 tubule1677 vesicula1705 absorbent1734 follicle1760 vital vessels1832 spiral1837 vas1843 vacuole1853 cyst1866 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 148/2 Vasa (vessels),..a term applied to several of the tissues of plants. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1205/1 Vasa, the tubes which occur in the interior of plants, and serve for the conveyance of sap or air. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vase > [noun] vase1629 vasa1659 vas1699 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 43 Brass Statues and Vasa, and a 100 other things relating to Antiquity. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 45 Urns and Funeral Vasa of all Materials. Draft additions 1993 vas vasorum (plural vasa vasorum), any of the very small arteries which supply nutrients to the walls of larger blood vessels. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > artery > [noun] > types of preparing vessela1618 pulmonary artery1679 arteriole1685 mammary1697 omphalomesenteric1728 collateral arteriesa1788 perforator1824 vas vasorum1848 comes1875 synangium1875 loop-artery1899 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 882/2 Vasa Vasorum,..small vessels that supply larger. 1902 D. J. Cunningham Text-bk. Anat. 737 The walls of the blood-vessels are supplied by numerous small arteries, called vasa vasorum, which are distributed to the outer and middle coats. 1977 Lancet 7 May 972/1 The vasa vasorum are probably the richest source of plasminogen activator in the vasculature and may only be stimulated to respond maximally by complete ischæmia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1578 |
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