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LEYDIG'S CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leydig's cell mean? 

LEYDIG'S CELL (noun)
  The noun LEYDIG'S CELL has 1 sense:

1. a cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosteroneplay

  Familiarity information: LEYDIG'S CELL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEYDIG'S CELL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosterone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

Leydig's cell; Leydig cell

Hypernyms ("Leydig's cell" is a kind of...):

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)


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