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English
Etymology
pre- + testicular
Adjective
pretesticular (not comparable)
- Prior to stimulation of the testes
2015 August 12, Delane C. Kritsky, Micah D. Bakenhaster, Douglas H. Adams, “Pseudorhabdosynochus species (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae) parasitizing groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae, Epinephelini) in the western Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters, with descriptions of 13 new species”, in Parasite, volume 22, →DOI:Germarium pyriform; germarial bulb pretesticular, with distal loop dorsoventrally around right intestinal cecum; ootype slightly to left of body midline, surrounded by well-developed Mehlis’ gland, giving rise to delicate slightly dilated uterus when empty.