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Definition of Testicles
1. testicle [n] - See also: testicle
Medical Definition of Testicles
1. The male sex glands. The testicles produce and store sperm and are the major source of testosterone. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Testicles
Literary usage of Testicles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"They believe that an inhibitory effect is produced on the bladder by the testicles,
and that this effect is removed by castration. ..."
2. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1824)
"testicles. SECTION I. The angelic doctor, who was simply a jacobin, decides* that
two testicles are " de essentia matrimonii," of the essence of marriage ..."
3. Legal Medicine by Charles Meymott Tidy (1884)
"In the very rare cases of Crypt orchids (ie where both testicles retain their
abdominal or lumbar position), it is undoubted that such beings are not ..."
4. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"54) The male generative organs in the fowl consist of two testicles and an ...
The testicles are located in the sub- lumbar region of the abdominal cavity, ..."
5. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"54) The male generative organs in the fowl consist of two testicles and an ...
The testicles are located in the sub- lumbar region of the abdominal cavity, ..."
6. The Tænioid Cestodes of North American Birds by Brayton Howard Ransom (1909)
"35, testicles in posterior portion of segment; cirrus pouch short. ... testicles
lateral in position toward the pore side of the segment; cirrus pouch very ..."
7. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1921)
"Whereas the external secretion of the testicles, viz., the spermatozoa, is
conducted by definite lobules of glandular -tissue known as the seminiferous ..."
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