SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seminiferous tubule mean? 

• SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE (noun)
  The noun SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE has 1 sense:

1. any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature

  Familiarity information: SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("seminiferous tubule" is a kind of...):

tubule (a small tube)

Holonyms ("seminiferous tubule" 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)

 Context examples 

Supporting cells found in the seminiferous tubules of the testes in mammals.

(Murine Sertoli Cells, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is characterized by the formation of granulomas around the seminiferous tubules.

(Non-Specific Granulomatous Orchitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Elongated cells in the seminiferous tubules to which spermatids are attached during spermatogenesis.

(Murine Sertoli Cells, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)