"epididymis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛpiˈdɪdɪmɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-epididymis.wav Forms: epididymides [plural], epididymises [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπιδιδυμίς (epididumís), from ἐπί (epí, “upon, over”) + δίδυμος (dídumos, “twin; testicle”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἐπιδιδυμίς}} Ancient Greek ἐπιδιδυμίς (epididumís) Head templates: {{en-noun|epididymides|es}} epididymis (plural epididymides or epididymises)
  1. (anatomy) A narrow, tightly-coiled tube connecting the efferent ducts from the rear of each testicle to its vas deferens, where sperm are stored during maturation. Categories (topical): Anatomy Derived forms: epididymal, epididymectomy, epididymitis, epididymosome, epididymotomy, parepididymis Translations (tube): ἐπιδιδυμίς (epididumís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), بَرْبَخ (barbaḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), بربخ (barbaḵ) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), մակամորձի (makamorji) (Armenian), epidídimu [masculine] (Asturian), এপিডিডাইমিস (epiḍiḍaimiś) (Bengali), надсеменник (nadsemennik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), epidídim [masculine] (Catalan), 附睪 (Chinese Cantonese), 附睾 (fu⁶ gou¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 附睪 (Chinese Mandarin), 附睾 (fùgāo) (Chinese Mandarin), nadvarle [neuter] (Czech), މަނި ގުދަން (mani gudan̊) (Dhivehi), bijbal (Dutch), paratestikel [masculine] (Dutch), epididymis [masculine] (Dutch), epididimo (Esperanto), munandimanus (Estonian), lisäkives (Finnish), épididyme [masculine] (French), epidídimo [masculine] (Galician), Nebenhoden [masculine] (German), επιδιδυμίδα (epididymída) [feminine] (Greek), יותרת האשך (Hebrew), अधिवृषण (adhivŕṣaṇ) (Hindi), mellékhere (Hungarian), eistalyppa [feminine] (Icelandic), eistnalyppa [feminine] (Icelandic), eistnabróðir [masculine] (Icelandic), epididimo [masculine] (Italian), 精巣上体 (seisōjōtai) (alt: せいそうじょうたい) (Japanese), epididymis (Latin), sēklinieka piedēklis [masculine] (Latvian), sėklidės prielipas [masculine] (Lithuanian), pōkai tātea (Maori), aloze [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), bitestikkel (Norwegian), بربخ (barbax) (Persian), najądrze [neuter] (Polish), epidídimo [masculine] (Portuguese), epididim [neuter] (Romanian), прида́ток яи́чка (pridátok jaíčka) [masculine] (Russian), пасеменик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), пасјеменик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pasemenik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pasjemenik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nadsemenník [masculine] (Slovak), obmodek [masculine] (Slovene), epidídimo [masculine] (Spanish), bitestikel (Swedish), puno ng anurang-punlay (Tagalog), epididimis (Turkish)
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "tube",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "tube",
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      "word": "epididymosome"
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        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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        "Terms with Latin translations",
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        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
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          "text": "Most men, I daresay, have never heard of their epididymis.",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "barbaḵ",
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      "roman": "makamorji",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "մակամորձի"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epidídimu"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "epiḍiḍaimiś",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "এপিডিডাইমিস"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epidídim"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "附睪"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "fu⁶ gou¹",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "附睾"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "附睪"
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      "roman": "fùgāo",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "附睾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nadvarle"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "mani gudan̊",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "މަނި ގުދަން"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "bijbal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paratestikel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "epididymis"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "epididimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "munandimanus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "lisäkives"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "épididyme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epidídimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nebenhoden"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epididymída",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "επιδιδυμίδα"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "epididumís",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ἐπιδιδυμίς"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "יותרת האשך"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "adhivŕṣaṇ",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "अधिवृषण"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "mellékhere"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eistalyppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eistnalyppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eistnabróðir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epididimo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいそうじょうたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seisōjōtai",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "精巣上体"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "aloze"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "epididymis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sēklinieka piedēklis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sėklidės prielipas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "pōkai tātea"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "bitestikkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "barbax",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "بربخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "najądrze"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epidídimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "epididim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pridátok jaíčka",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прида́ток яи́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пасеменик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пасјеменик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pasemenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pasjemenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nadsemenník"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obmodek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tube",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epidídimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "bitestikel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "puno ng anurang-punlay"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tube",
      "word": "epididimis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "epididymis"
}

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