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How to use testis in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Testis means a testicle of a vertebrate. Example: “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.”

Examples of testis by meaning

nounA testicle of a vertebrate.

  • 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

More sentences with testis

  • The testis has a rich superficial plexus beneath the tunica albuginea.1918, Henry Gray, Anatomy of the Human Body, page 687. From the entry tunica albuginea
  • 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
  • It is conceivable that impairment of surfactant proteins is due to rheological and immunodefensive disorders of testis and epididymis or prostate.2015 November 25, “Expression and Localization of Lung Surfactant Proteins in Human Testis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry surfactant
  • Our patient seemed to have had triorchism, with a Leung type D supernumerary testis on the left side.2013 January, Chloe B. Wilcox, Rachel D'Cruz, Andrew J.A. Holland, “Polyorchism in association with an undescended testis and testicular…. From the entry triorchism
  • 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
  • The significance of a gliding testes, he suggests, is that these represent the best candidates for hormonal treatment of maldescent.1989, Thomas O. Abney, The Cryptorchid Testis, page 10. From the entry maldescent
  • Ectopic testes may be found in various positions.1959, CD Collins, “Two cases of pubopenile testis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 2, number 5146, →PMID, →PMCID, page 225. From the entry pubopenile
  • Bulls, rams and boars have the biggest testes among the larger domestic animals, so they would be expected to produce and ejaculate more sperms than others with smaller testes.2012, Tim Glover, Mating Males: An Evolutionary Perspective on Mammalian Reproduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry ejaculate
  • If the human testis is induced by a particular molecule, this kind of lateralism would indicate unilateral presence or absence of the molecule or its receptor.2012, S.J. Kogan, E.S. Hafez, Pediatric Andrology, →ISBN, page 66. From the entry lateralism

Meaning of testis

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

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Questions about testis in a sentence

How do you use testis in a sentence?
Testis is used as a noun. For example: “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.”
What is a short sentence with testis?
“Ectopic testes may be found in various positions.”
What does testis mean?
Testis means a testicle of a vertebrate.

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