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scrotum

Syllables: scro·tum/ˈskɹəʊ.təm//ˈskɹoʊ.təm/

scrotum noun: the sac of skin and muscle that contains and protects the testicles in most placental mammals.

Noun

scrotum (plural scrotums or scrota)

  1. The sac of skin and muscle that contains and protects the testicles in most placental mammals.
    • The female labia majora are homologous to the male scrotum.
  2. The pouch or volva of certain fungi.

scrotum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

scrotum in Hindi

sac of skin that protects the testicles
अंडकोष aṇḍkoṣ

scrotum in Tamil

sac of skin that protects the testicles
விதைப்பை vitaippai, விரைப்பை viraippai

scrotum in Marathi

sac of skin that protects the testicles
वृषण vŕṣaṇ

scrotum in Urdu

sac of skin that protects the testicles
صفن sufan
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scrotum in Bengali
অন্ডকোষ onḍokōś, অণ্ডকোষ onḍokōś
scrotum in Telugu
వృషణం vr̥ṣaṇaṁ, అండకోశము aṇḍakōśamu, బీజావయవము bījāvayavamu
scrotum in Malayalam
വൃഷണസഞ്ചി vr̥ṣaṇasañci
scrotum in Kannada
ಅಂಡಾಶಯ aṇḍāśaya
scrotum in Gujarati
કોથળી kothaḷī
scrotum in Sanskrit
अण्डकोष aṇḍakoṣa
scrotum in Sinhala
අණ්ඩය aṇḍaya
scrotum in Assamese
অণ্ডকোষ ondoküx
scrotum in Tagalog
balat-bayag, eskroto, kasuputan
scrotum in Arabic
صَفَن ṣafan, كِيس اَلصَّفَن kīs aṣ-ṣafan, كِيس kīs
scrotum in Malay
kantung buah zakar, kerandut buah pelir, skrotum, kerandut buah zakar
scrotum in Indonesian
kantong pelir, skrotum
scrotum in Persian
پوست بیضه pust-e beyze, کیسه بیضه kise-ye beyze, کیسه خایه kise-ye xâye
scrotum in Thai
ถุงอัณฑะ
scrotum in Vietnamese
dái, bìu dái, bìu

Synonyms of scrotum

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Forms of scrotum

pluralscrotums
pluralscrota

Origin of scrotum

Learned borrowing from Latin scrōtum.

Words formed from scrotum

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Words that rhyme with scrotum

Questions about scrotum

What does scrotum mean?
Scrotum means the sac of skin and muscle that contains and protects the testicles in most placental mammals.
What is scrotum in Hindi?
Scrotum in Hindi is अंडकोष (aṇḍkoṣ). See Scrotum meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is scrotum?
Scrotum is a noun.
How do you pronounce scrotum?
Scrotum is pronounced /ˈskɹəʊ.təm/ (UK).
What is the plural of scrotum?
The plural of scrotum is scrotums.

Words near scrotum in the dictionary

  1. scrotofemoral
  2. scrotoplasties
  3. scrotoplasty
  4. scrots
  5. scrotty
  6. scrotum
  7. scrotum frog
  8. scrotum frogs
  9. scrotumed
  10. scrotums
  11. scrouge

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scrotum (page history and authors); අණ්ඩය (Sinhala) (page history and authors); অণ্ডকোষ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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