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Gonads

Gonad \Gon"ad\, n.; pl. Gonads. [Gr. ? that which generates.] (Anat.) One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland.
--Wiedersheim.

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gonads

n. 1 (plural of gonad English) 2 (context slang English) testicles

Usage examples of "gonads".

Because of this interrelationship between the pituitary and the gonads, the failure of the pituitary to hold up its end is as surely asexualizing as castration or ovariectomy would be.

The connection between the gonads and the changes associated with puberty would seem a logical one, and might be accepted even without evidence.

The hunch here was that a person’s gonads would orchestrate sexual development, especially at puberty.

They think you're a just a kid—and any moment now, when the bartender shoots his mouth off, they'll think you're a kid who listens to his gonads instead of his better judgment.

Testicles were elongating, just as they once had in Jack himself, and the new gonads were taking on a golden hue.

No way, though, would he let his gonads lead him into another unsuitable marriage.

Andy and I were lucky to get off that planet still with our gonads, the way they were yapping at our heels.

He growled something about go ahead and get my gonads cooled off, then report in when I was fit to work.

I assumed that you would realize that, if you gave me any trouble, I would tear off your gonads and stuff them down your throat.