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seminal vesicles

/ˈsɛmɪnəlˌvɛsɪklz/

seminal vesicles is the plural of seminal vesicle.

Meaning of seminal vesicle

Noun

seminal vesicle (plural seminal vesicles)

  1. One of two simple tubular glands located behind the male urinary bladder, responsible for the production of about sixty percent of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen.
    • Billy made a noise like a small, rusty hinge. He had just emptied his seminal vesicles into Valencia […]1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 151

Questions about seminal vesicles

What is seminal vesicles the plural of?
Seminal vesicles is the plural of seminal vesicle.
How do you pronounce seminal vesicles?
Seminal vesicles is pronounced /ˈsɛmɪnəlˌvɛsɪklz/.

Words near seminal vesicles in the dictionary

  1. seminaive
  2. seminaked
  3. seminal
  4. seminal fluid
  5. seminal vesicle
  6. seminal vesicles
  7. seminalities
  8. seminality
  9. seminally
  10. seminals
  11. seminar

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