testis

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin testis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

testis (plural testes)

1. (anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14:

     In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol.

2. (biology) An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.

Derived terms

• undescended testis

Related terms

• aberratio testis
• rete testis
• testicle, testicular
• testicond

Translations

(anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate. — see also testicle

Spanish: teste (es) m