1. Word finder
  2. Word definitions
  3. testes

Find the word definition

What is "testes"

Crossword clues for testes

testes
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
testes
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A high intake causes rats to develop cancer, with damage to the testes and infections.
▪ One of the major functions of the testes is to produce testosterone, the most potent androgen.
▪ The testes also are engorged and swell.
▪ This species has small testes for its body size, even though the literature records that females associate with several males.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Testes

Testis \Tes"tis\, n.; pl. Testes. [L.] (Anat.) A testicle.

Testes

Testes \Tes"tes\, n., pl. of Teste, or of Testis.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
testes

see testis.

Wiktionary
testes

n. (plural of testis English)

WordNet
testis

  1. n. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" [syn: testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg]

  2. [also: testes (pl)]

testes

See testis

Usage examples of "testes".

You provide me samples of blood, spleen, liver, kidney, and testes, although all have been compromised from funeral home infusation.

While the boys held the calf still, Felix squeezed the testes to the bottom of the sac, sliced and flung them into the coals, then doused the wound with kerosene.