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didymus

didymus noun: a testis.

Noun

didymus (plural didymi)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A testis.
    • But before you move aside the pubic bone look at the two didymi from the substance of the peritoneum, passing in the groin above the pubic bone on the right and left.1975, Levi Robert Lind, Studies in pre-Vesalian anatomy: biography, translations, documents

Forms of didymus

pluraldidymi

Origin of didymus

From Ancient Greek δίδυμος (dídumos, “twin”).

Phrases with didymus

Questions about didymus

What does didymus mean?
Didymus means a testis.
What part of speech is didymus?
Didymus is a noun.
What is the plural of didymus?
The plural of didymus is didymi.

Words near didymus in the dictionary

  1. didymospore
  2. didymospores
  3. didymosporous
  4. Didymoteicho
  5. didymous
  6. didymus
  7. didynamian
  8. didynamous
  9. didynamy
  10. didysprosium
  11. die

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