TESTIS (testes)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: testes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does testis mean? 

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

1. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TESTIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ball; ballock; bollock; egg; nut; orchis; testicle; testis

Context example:

she kicked him in the balls and got away

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

gonad; sex gland (a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced)

male reproductive gland (the reproductive organs of a man)

Meronyms (parts of "testis"):

arteria testicularis; internal spermatic artery; testicular artery (a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles)

testicular vein; vena testicularis (a vein from the testicles)

seminiferous tubule (any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature)

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

rete testis (network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia)

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

spermatic cord (a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "testis"):

cobblers (a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball))

undescended testicle; undescended testis (a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops)

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

male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)

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

 Context examples 

A hormone made from testosterone in the prostate, testes, and certain other tissues.

(Androstanolone, NCI Dictionary)

NY-ESO-1, a tumor associated antigen (TAA), is found in normal testis and on the surface of various tumor cell types.

(Autologous Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes Cotransduced with Retroviral Vectors Encoding Inducible IL-12 and Anti-NY-ESO-1 TCR, NCI Thesaurus)

The human MSH4 transcripts are detectable only in testis and in ovary with a lower level of expression.

(MutS Homolog 4, NCI Thesaurus)

In testes is formed from progesterone.

(Androsterone, NCI Thesaurus)

They secrete ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN and establish the blood-testis barrier.

(Murine Sertoli Cells, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A malignant neoplasm that has spread to the testis from another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Testis, NCI Thesaurus)

NY-ESO-1, an antigen found in normal testis, may be upregulated in various cancers, including bladder, breast, hepatocellular, melanoma, and prostate cancers.

(Autologous NY-ESO-1-Melanoma-Specific CD8+ T-lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

NY-ESO-1 is expressed in normal testes and on the surfaces of various tumor cells, and plays a key role in tumor cell proliferation and survival.

(Autologous Melanoma Lysate/NY-ESO-1-pulsed Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

NY-ESO-1, a tumor associated antigen (TAA), is found in normal testis and on the surface of various tumor cells.

(ALVAC-ESO-1 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

NY-ESO-1, a tumor associated antigen (TAA), is found in normal testis and on the surface of various tumor cells, including bladder, breast, hepatocellular, melanoma, and prostate tumor cells.

(ALVAC(2)-NY-ESO-1 (M)/TRICOM Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)