vas deferens
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vas deferens
- /ˌvæz ˈdɛfəɹəns/
Where it comes from
From New Latin vās dēferēns, itself from vās (“vessel, duct”) + dēferēns (“carrying off”, present active participle of dēferō (“to carry off”)).
noun vasa deferentia
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The duct in the testicle that carries semen from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct.
“Do you love Alexa?” “Woah, I’m not a one-woman man.” Of course not, his vasa deferentia must be on call round-the-clock.
Similar: ductus deferens, sperm duct, spermiduct, spermoduct, spermaduct
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noun vas deferens
| Español | vaso deferente, conducto deferente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정관 jeonggwan, 수정관 sujeonggwan |
| 日本語 | 精管 seikan, 輸精管 yuseikan |
| 中文 | 輸精管 /输精管 shūjīngguǎn |
| Português | ducto deferente, canal deferente |
| Français | canal déférent, conduit déférent, spermiducte |
| Deutsch | Samenleiter |
| Italiano | dotto deferente, vaso deferente, canale deferente, deferente |
| Română | vas deferent |
| Русский | семявынося́щий прото́к semjavynosjáščij protók |
| العربية | قَنَاة مَنَوِيَّة qanāh manawiyya |
| עברית | צינור הזרע |
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title = {vas deferens},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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