SEMINAL DUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seminal duct mean? 

• SEMINAL DUCT (noun)
  The noun SEMINAL DUCT has 1 sense:

1. the efferent duct of the testis in man

  Familiarity information: SEMINAL DUCT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMINAL DUCT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The efferent duct of the testis in man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("seminal duct" 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 "seminal duct"):

epididymis (a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens)

ductus deferens; vas deferens (a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct)

ejaculatory duct (a part of the seminal duct formed by the duct from the seminal vesicle and the vas deferens; passes through the prostate gland)

Holonyms ("seminal duct" is a part of...):

scrotum (the external pouch that contains the testes)

 Context examples 

One of 12 to 14 small seminal ducts leading from the testis to the head of the epididymis.

(Efferent Duct, NCI Thesaurus)