"cremaster" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɹiːˈmastə/ [UK], /kɹiˈmæstəɹ/ [US] Forms: cremasters [plural]
Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ) Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ (kremastḗr, “suspender”). Doublet of crémaillère. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|κρεμαστήρ||suspender}} Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ (kremastḗr, “suspender”), {{doublet|en|crémaillère}} Doublet of crémaillère Head templates: {{en-noun}} cremaster (plural cremasters)
  1. (anatomy) A thin muscle attached to the testicles. Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: musculus cremaster Translations (thin muscle attached to the testicles): κρεμαστήρ (kremastḗr) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), 提睾肌 (tígāojī) (Chinese Mandarin), kiveksen kohottajalihas (Finnish), cremaster (Finnish), crémaster [masculine] (French), kólfvöðvi [masculine] (Icelandic), крема́стер (kremáster) [masculine] (Russian), cremáster [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cremaster-en-noun-sDLxuFgf Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'thin muscle attached to the testicles': 98 2
  2. (zoology) In the pupae of certain species of butterfly, a hook-shaped protuberance from the rear of the chrysalis casing, by which the caterpillar fixes itself to the pad of silk it has cemented to the underside of a perch. Categories (topical): Zoology, Muscles
    Sense id: en-cremaster-en-noun-xoXaOMfB Disambiguation of Muscles: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 90 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cremasterial, cremasteric

Inflected forms

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