Plural of testis

Forms of testis

Testes in a sentence

• In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14
• Mammalian testes contain almost no testosterone because it is sent out into the body as quickly as it is made.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 168. From the entry testosterone
• Ovarian ecdysiotropic hormones, a testes ecdysiotropin, and ecdysiostatins produced by neurosecretory cells of the brain modulate ecdysteroid production by these organs.2010, Marc J Klowden, Physiological Systems in Insects, page 29. From the entry ecdysiotropic
• Male maturity is evident from descent of the testes; adult males are scrotal year-round, whereas subadult males are partially or nonscrotal.2008, Melissa A. Hillegass et al., “The influence of sex and sociality on parasite loads in an African ground squirrel”, in Behavioral…. From the entry scrotal
• Faeders are slightly larger than females and in late April have testes 2.5 time the size of testes of normal males.2006 June 22, Joop Jukema, “Permanent female mimics in a lekking shorebird”, in Biology Letters. From the entry faeder

Meaning of testis

1. noun A testicle of a vertebrate.
2. noun An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.

Full definition of testis

Nouns ending in -is: plural -es

• analysis (analyses)
• basis (bases)
• crisis (crises)
• diagnosis (diagnoses)
• emphasis (emphases)
• thesis (theses)
• axis (axes)
• travis (traves)
• hypothesis (hypotheses)
• synthesis (syntheses)
• oasis (oases)
• paralysis (paralyses)

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Questions about the plural of testis

What is the plural of testis?

The plural of testis is testes.

Is testis countable?

Testis is a countable noun.