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testis

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Learned borrowing from Latin testis.

noun testes

  1. A testicle of a vertebrate. In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol.
  2. An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.

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noun (anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.

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"testis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/testis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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testis. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/testis

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"testis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/testis.

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@misc{testis_2026,
  title = {testis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/testis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}