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Definition of Spermatic cord
1. Noun. A structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves.
Group relationships: Ball, Ballock, Bollock, Egg, Nut, Orchis, Testicle, Testis
Medical Definition of Spermatic cord
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Literary usage of Spermatic cord
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"Structure of the spermatic cord.—The spermatic cord is composed of arteries,
veins, lymphatics, nerves, and the excretory duct ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The spermatic cord extends from the internal abdominal ring, where the structures of
... Structure of the spermatic cord.—The spermatic cord is composed of ..."
3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"spermatic cord or CHORD, ... unites the peritoneum to the upper part of the tunica
vaginali:, and in which encysted hydrocele of the spermatic cord occurs. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1838)
"Spermatocele, or Varicocele of the spermatic cord.—We find in a late number of
Guy's Hospital Reports, (April, 1838,) some very interesting remarks on this ..."
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