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A narrow, tightly-coiled tube connecting the efferent ducts from the rear of each testicle to its vas deferens, where sperm are stored during maturation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel
From Ancient Greek ἐπιδιδυμίς (epididumís), from ἐπί (epí, “upon, over”) + δίδυμος (dídumos, “twin; testicle”).
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
بَرْبَخ
(barbaḵ)
— tube
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Arabic:
بربخ
(barbaḵ)
— tube
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Armenian:
մակամորձի
(makamorji)
— tube
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Asturian:
epidídimu
— tube
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Bengali:
এপিডিডাইমিস
(epiḍiḍaimiś)
— tube
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Bulgarian:
надсеменник
(nadsemennik)
— tube
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Catalan:
epidídim
— tube
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Chinese Cantonese:
附睪 /附睾
(fu6 gou1)
— tube
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Chinese Mandarin:
附睪 /附睾
(fùgāo)
— tube
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Czech:
nadvarle
— tube
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Danish:
bitestikel
— tube
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Dhivehi:
މަނި ގުދަން
(mani gudan̊)
— tube
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Dutch:
bijbal
— tube
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Dutch:
paratestikel
— tube
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Dutch:
epididymis
— tube
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Esperanto:
epididimo
— tube
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Estonian:
munandimanus
— tube
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Finnish:
lisäkives
— tube
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French:
épididyme
— tube
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Galician:
epidídimo
— tube
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German:
Nebenhoden
— tube
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Greek:
επιδιδυμίδα
(epididymída)
— tube
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Ancient Greek:
ἐπιδιδυμίς
(epididumís)
— tube
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Hebrew:
יותרת האשך
— tube
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Hindi:
अधिवृषण
(adhivŕṣaṇ)
— tube
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Hungarian:
mellékhere
— tube
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Icelandic:
eistalyppa
— tube
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Icelandic:
eistnalyppa
— tube
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Icelandic:
eistnabróðir
— tube
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Italian:
epididimo
— tube
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Japanese:
精巣上体
(seisōjōtai)
— tube
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Northern Kurdish:
aloze
— tube
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Latin:
epididymis
— tube
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Latvian:
sēklinieka piedēklis
— tube
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Lithuanian:
sėklidės prielipas
— tube
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Māori:
pōkai tātea
— tube
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Norwegian:
bitestikkel
— tube
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Persian:
بربخ
(barbax)
— tube
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Polish:
najądrze
— tube
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Portuguese:
epidídimo
— tube
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Romanian:
epididim
— tube
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Russian:
прида́ток яи́чка
(pridátok jaíčka)
— tube
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Serbo-Croatian:
пасеменик
— tube
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Serbo-Croatian:
пасјеменик
— tube
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Serbo-Croatian:
pasemenik
— tube
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Serbo-Croatian:
pasjemenik
— tube
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Slovak:
nadsemenník
— tube
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Slovene:
obmodek
— tube
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Spanish:
epidídimo
— tube
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Swedish:
bitestikel
— tube
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Tagalog:
puno ng anurang-punlay
— tube
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Turkish:
epididimis
— tube
