epididymis

Noun CEFR B2

ɛpiˈdɪdɪmɪs

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Españolepidídimo

Françaisépididyme

DeutschNebenhoden

22 more languages

العربيةبربخ

Bosanskipasjemenik

Catalàepidídim

Ελληνικάεπιδιδυμίδα

Esperantoepididimo

Suomilisäkives

Galegoepidídimo

Hrvatskipasjemenik

Հայերենմակամորձի

Íslenskaeistalyppa

Italianoepididimo

日本語精巣上体

Latinaepididymis

Lietuviųsėklidės prielipas

Nederlandsbijbal epididymis paratestikel

Polskinajądrze

Portuguêsepidídimo

Românăepididim

Русскийприда́ток яи́чка

Slovenščinaobmodek

Српскиpasjemenik

Türkçeepididimis

Examples

“Most men, I daresay, have ⟳ never heard of their epididymis.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

epididymite epididymitis epididymoorchitis epididymosome epididymosomes epididymotomy

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