Phrase guide

seminal vesicle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈsɛmɪnəl ˈvɛsɪkəl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

One of two simple tubular glands located behind the male urinary bladder, responsible for the production of about sixty percent of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

either of a pair of glands located on either side of the male urinary bladder that open into the vas deferens and that secrete many components of semen during ejaculation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exocrine gland, exocrine, duct gland

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حُوَيْصِلَة مَنَوِيَّة (ḥuwayṣila manawiyya) — seminal vesicle
  • Arabic: حويصلة منوية (ḥuwayṣela manaweya) — seminal vesicle
  • Armenian: սերմնաբուշտ (sermnabušt) — seminal vesicle
  • Armenian: սերմնաբշտիկ (sermnabštik) — seminal vesicle
  • Catalan: vesícula seminal — seminal vesicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 精囊 (jīngnáng) — seminal vesicle
  • Czech: semenný váček — seminal vesicle
  • Danish: sædblære — seminal vesicle
  • Finnish: rakkularauhanen — seminal vesicle
  • Finnish: siittiörakkula — seminal vesicle
  • French: vésicule séminale — seminal vesicle
  • Galician: vesícula seminal — seminal vesicle
  • German: Bläschendrüse — seminal vesicle
  • German: Samenblase — seminal vesicle
  • German: Samenbläschen — seminal vesicle
  • Hungarian: ondóhólyag — seminal vesicle
  • Icelandic: sæðisblöðrungur — seminal vesicle
  • Icelandic: sáðblaðra — seminal vesicle
  • Icelandic: sæðiskirtill — seminal vesicle
  • Indonesian: vesikula seminalis — seminal vesicle
  • Italian: vescicola seminale — seminal vesicle
  • Japanese: 精嚢 (seinō) — seminal vesicle
  • Northern Kurdish: çikildanê tovavê — seminal vesicle
  • Latin: vesicula seminalis — seminal vesicle
  • Lithuanian: sėklinė pūslelė — seminal vesicle
  • Malay: vesikel semen — seminal vesicle
  • Portuguese: vesícula seminal — seminal vesicle
  • Russian: семенно́й пузырёк (semennój puzyrjók) — seminal vesicle
  • Slovak: semenný mechúrik — seminal vesicle
  • Spanish: vesícula seminal — seminal vesicle
  • Spanish: glándula seminal — seminal vesicle
  • Swedish: sädesblåsa — seminal vesicle
  • Tagalog: punlayan — seminal vesicle