| 单词 | vas deferens |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvas deferens 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. < as lemmas |
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