SCROTUM (scrota)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: scrota   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrotum mean? 

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

1. the external pouch that contains the testes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCROTUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The external pouch that contains the testes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("scrotum" is a kind of...):

pocket; pouch ((anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican))

Meronyms (parts of "scrotum"):

raphe; rhaphe (a ridge that forms a seam between two parts)

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

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

family jewels; male genital organ; male genitalia; male genitals (external male sex organs)

Derivation:

scrotal (relating to or having or lying within a scrotum)

 Context examples 

A developmental defect characterized by failure of the testes to descend into the scrotum.

(Murine Undescended Testis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Failure of testes to descend into scrotum.

(Murine Undescended Testis, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

A condition in which one or both testicles fail to move from the abdomen, where they develop before birth, into the scrotum.

(Cryptorchidism, NCI Dictionary)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the scrotum.

(Benign Scrotal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

In males it conveys the spermatic cord structures and is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum; in females it conveys the round ligament.

(Inguinal Canal, NCI Thesaurus)

A surgical procedure in which an undescended testis is fixated inside the scrotum.

(Orchiopexy, NCI Thesaurus)

The thin layer of smooth muscle surrounding the scrotum which contracts or expands the scrotal skin to regulate testicular temperature.

(Dartoic Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

Ectomesenchymomas may form in the head and neck, abdomen, perineum, scrotum, or limbs.

(Ectomesenchymoma, NCI Dictionary)

A cutaneous leiomyoma arising from the dartos muscle of the scrotum or labia majora.

(Dartoic Leiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Lymphatic filariasis is a mosquito-borne disease that often leaves its victims with disabling hydrocele (accumulation of fluid in the scrotum), lymphedema or elephantiasis after the infection has cleared.

(New portable device to gauge severity of elephantiasis, SciDev.Net)