vas deferens
English
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin vās dēferēns, itself from vās (“vessel, duct”) + dēferēns (“carrying off”, present active participle of dēferō (“to carry off”)).
Noun
editvas deferens (plural vasa deferentia)
- (anatomy) The duct in the testicle that carries semen from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editvas deferens
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See also
editLatin
editNoun
editvās dēferēns n (genitive vāsis dēferentis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a third-declension participle.
Case | 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
edit- English: vas deferens
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