testis
testis noun: a testicle of a vertebrate.
Noun
testis (plural testes)
- A 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
- An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.
testis meaning in Tamil and Odia
testis in Tamil
- விரை, விந்தகம், விதை
testis in Odia
- the testis
- ମଞ୍ଜି mañji
Examples of testis in a sentence
- The testis has a rich superficial plexus beneath the tunica albuginea.
- Mammalian testes contain almost no testosterone because it is sent out into the body as quickly as it is made.
- It is conceivable that impairment of surfactant proteins is due to rheological and immunodefensive disorders of testis and epididymis or prostate.
Forms of testis
| plural | testes |
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Origin of testis
Learned borrowing from Latin testis.
Words formed from testis
Questions about testis
- What does testis mean?
- Testis means a testicle of a vertebrate.
- What is testis in Tamil?
- Testis in Tamil is விரை, விந்தகம், விதை. See Testis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is testis?
- Testis is a noun.
- What is the plural of testis?
- The plural of testis is testes.
Words near testis in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: testis (page history and authors); testis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ମଞ୍ଜି (Odia) (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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