DUCTUS DEFERENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ductus deferens mean? 

• DUCTUS DEFERENS (noun)
  The noun DUCTUS DEFERENS has 1 sense:

1. a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct

  Familiarity information: DUCTUS DEFERENS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUCTUS DEFERENS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ductus deferens; vas deferens

Hypernyms ("ductus deferens" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Holonyms ("ductus deferens" is a part of...):

male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)

ball; ballock; bollock; egg; nut; orchis; testicle; testis (one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens)

seminal duct (the efferent duct of the testis in man)

 Context examples 

Paired exocrine glands of the male reproductive system located at the medial termination of the ductus deferens that produce and secrete lipids and glycogen, components of the seminal fluid.

(Ampullary Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; its duct system is retained in the male as the epididymis and ductus deferens.

(Mesonephros, NCI Thesaurus)