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epididymis Anat.|ɛpɪˈdɪdɪmɪs|
Also 7 epididimis, -damies.
[a. Gr. ἐπιδιδυµίς, f. ἐπί upon + δίδυµοι testicles.]
‘A long, narrow structure attached to the posterior border of the adjoining outer surface of the testicle, and consisting chiefly of coils of the efferent duct, which emerge from it as the vas deferens’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1610B. Jonson Alch. iii. iii, Shee must milke his Epididimis, Where is the Doxie? a1652Brome Court Beggar iv. iii, To save his Epididamies. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. I. 480 Animalcules..being never found, unless in the cellules producing them, in the epididymis, the vas deferens and the vesicles. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 134 A convoluted epididymis-like mass of a yellowish colour.
Hence ˌepididyˈmitis, Path. [see -itis], inflammation of the epididymis.
1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 991/1 A lad..affected with epididymitis. 1874Van Buren Dis. Genit. Org. 63 In this way epididymitis may sometimes be averted. |