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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin scrōtālis. Equivalent to scrotum + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
scrotal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the scrotum.
- (zoology) With a visible scrotum.
2008, Melissa A. Hillegass et al., “The influence of sex and sociality on parasite loads in an African ground squirrel”, in Behavioral Ecology, volume 19, number 5, →DOI, pages 1006–1011:Male maturity is evident from descent of the testes; adult males are scrotal year-round, whereas subadult males are partially or nonscrotal.
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French
Etymology
From scrotum + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
scrotal (feminine scrotale, masculine plural scrotaux, feminine plural scrotales)
- scrotal
1841, Bulletin de l'Académie royale de médecine de Belgique, page 870:Dans la cure des hypospadias péno-scrotaux, scrotaux et périnéaux, il convient donc de recourir à d’autres opérations.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French scrotal, equivalent to scrot + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
scrotal m or n (feminine singular scrotală, masculine plural scrotali, feminine and neuter plural scrotale)
- scrotal
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