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TESTICLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
Example:
she kicked him in the balls and got away
Synonyms:
ball; ballock; bollock; egg; nut; orchis; testicle; testis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("testicle" is a kind of...):
gonad; sex gland (a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced)
male reproductive gland (the reproductive organs of a man)
Meronyms (parts of "testicle"):
arteria testicularis; internal spermatic artery; testicular artery (a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles)
testicular vein; vena testicularis (a vein from the testicles)
seminiferous tubule (any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature)
epididymis (a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens)
rete testis (network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia)
ductus deferens; vas deferens (a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct)
spermatic cord (a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "testicle"):
cobblers (a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball))
undescended testicle; undescended testis (a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops)
Holonyms ("testicle" is a part of...):
male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)
family jewels; male genital organ; male genitalia; male genitals (external male sex organs)
Derivation:
testicular (of or involving the testes)
Context examples:
A rare cancer that develops in germ cells that are found in areas of the body other than the ovary or testicle (such as the brain, chest, abdomen, or tailbone).
(Extragonadal germ cell tumor, NCI Dictionary)
In men, GnRH agonists cause the testicles to stop making testosterone.
(GnRH agonist, NCI Dictionary)
In prostate cancer therapy, buserelin blocks the production of testosterone in the testicles.
(Buserelin, NCI Dictionary)
A male individual who has had his testicles removed.
(Castrated Male, NCI Thesaurus)
It blocks the testicles from making testosterone (a male hormone) and the ovaries from making estrogen and progesterone (female hormones).
(Eligard, NCI Dictionary)
An operation in which the testicle is removed through an incision in the groin.
(Inguinal orchiectomy, NCI Dictionary)
Medical castration refers to the use of drugs to suppress the function of the ovaries or testicles.
(Castration, NCI Dictionary)
This may be done by giving an antiandrogen drug and removing the testicles (orchiectomy) or by giving an antiandrogen drug with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist.
(Combined androgen blockade, NCI Dictionary)
A type of germ cell cancer that usually forms in the testes (testicles).
(Mixed Embryonal Carcinoma and Teratoma, NCI Dictionary)
A condition in which one or both testicles fail to move from the abdomen, where they develop before birth, into the scrotum.
(Cryptorchidism, NCI Dictionary)
