vas deferens
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English
Etymology
From New Latin vās dēferēns, itself from vās (“vessel, duct”) + dēferēns (“carrying off”, present active participle of dēferō (“to carry off”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌvæz ˈdɛfəɹəns/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
vas deferens (plural vasa deferentia)
- (anatomy) The duct in the testicle that carries semen from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- Wolffian duct - embryological precursor
- internal genitalia
Derived terms
Translations
vas deferens
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See also
Latin
Noun
vās dēferēns n (genitive vāsis dēferentis); third declension
- (New Latin, anatomy) vas deferens
- Synonym: ductus dēferēns
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vās dēferēns | vāsa dēferentia |
| genitive | vāsis dēferentis | vāsōrum dēferentium |
| dative | vāsī dēferentī | vāsīs dēferentibus |
| accusative | vās dēferēns | vāsa dēferentia |
| ablative | vāse dēferente vāse dēferentī |
vāsīs dēferentibus |
| vocative | vās dēferēns | vāsa dēferentia |
Descendants
- English: vas deferens