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Definition of Genital system
1. Noun. Organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring.
Generic synonyms: System
Terms within: Germ Cell, Reproductive Cell, Sex Cell, Reproductive Organ, Sex Organ
Group relationships: Apparatus Urogenitalis, Genitourinary Apparatus, Genitourinary System, Systema Urogenitale, Urinary Apparatus, Urinary System, Urogenital Apparatus, Urogenital System
Specialized synonyms: Female Reproductive System, Male Reproductive System
Medical Definition of Genital system
1. The complex system consisting of the male or female gonads, associated ducts, and external genitalia dedicated to the function of reproducing the species. Synonym: reproductive system. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genital System
| geniting genitings genitival genitivally |
Literary usage of Genital system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1910)
"The bracing sense of fresh air, on the other hand, is due to sensations from the
respiratory muscles. § 59. The Sensations of the genital system. ..."
2. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt, John Howland (1911)
"DISEASES OF THE URO-genital system. CHAPTER I. THE URINE IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.
WHILE a study of the urine is of much less importance in early life than ..."
3. The History of the human body by Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1909)
"CHAPTER IX THE URO-genital system " We do not draw conclusions with our eyes,
but with our reasoning powers, and if the whole of the rest of living nature ..."
4. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1922)
"Thyroid and the genital system.—That there is a relation between the thyroid and
the genital apparatus, is shown by the fact that the great majority of ..."
5. The Venereal Diseases by Edward Lawrence Keyes (1881)
"Syphilis of the genital system ip the Female.—Functional Derangements of Menstruation
due to Syphilis.—The Effect of Syphilis upon Pregnancy. ..."
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