EPIDIDYMIS (epididymides)

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Irregular inflected form: epididymides   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does epididymis mean? 

• EPIDIDYMIS (noun)
  The noun EPIDIDYMIS has 1 sense:

1. a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens

  Familiarity information: EPIDIDYMIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPIDIDYMIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("epididymis" 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)

Meronyms (parts of "epididymis"):

vasa efferentia (the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis)

Holonyms ("epididymis" is a part of...):

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 

The first region of the epididymis distal to the testis.

(Head of the Epididymis, NCI Thesaurus)

It can occur in several anatomic sites including the pleura, peritoneum, and epididymis.

(Adenomatoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Sperm cells (male reproductive cells) move from the testicles into the epididymis, where they finish maturing and are stored.

(Epididymis, NCI Dictionary)

Human epididymis protein 4 may be found in higher than normal amounts in patients with some types of cancer, including ovarian epithelial cancer.

(Human epididymis protein 4, NCI Dictionary)

Representative examples include primary epididymal adenocarcinoma and metastatic carcinoma to the epididymis arising from another anatomic site.

(Malignant Epididymal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It may involve the skull and facial bones, or the epididymis.

(Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm that has metastasized to the epididymis from another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Epididymis, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the epididymis.

(Epididymal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the epididymis.

(Benign Epididymal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare adenocarcinoma that arises from the epididymis.

(Epididymal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)