epididymis

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
    — Most men, I daresay, have never heard of their epididymis.

词形变化

epididymides plural epididymises plural

词源

From Ancient Greek ἐπιδιδυμίς (epididumís), from ἐπί (epí, “upon, over”) + δίδυμος (dídumos, “twin; testicle”).
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