cremastern.

/kriːˈmastə/

Forms: Plural cremasters, also cremasteres.

Etymology: < Greek κρεμαστήρ suspender (or spec. in Anatomy, as in sense 1), < κρεμα- to hang.

1. Anatomy. The muscle of the spermatic cord, by which the testicle is suspended.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscle of testicle

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1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Cremaster, the Muscle, that holds up the Stones.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxvi. 218.

1842 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) 187 The Cremaster, considered as a distinct muscle, arises from the middle of Poupart's ligament.

1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 243 One delicate layer..forming what is known as the cremaster muscle.

2. Entomology. A name given by Kirby to the hook-like processes on the posterior extremity, by which many lepidopterous chrysalids suspend themselves; extended to the dorsal process or tip of the abdomen of the pupa of any insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.

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1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 153 Pupa of Privet Hawk Moth..The tenth somite..bears..the cremaster..covered with spines which vary much in different specimens.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	cremaster
释义	cremastern. /kriːˈmastə/ Forms: Plural cremasters, also cremasteres. Etymology: < Greek κρεμαστήρ suspender (or spec. in Anatomy, as in sense 1), < κρεμα- to hang. 1. Anatomy. The muscle of the spermatic cord, by which the testicle is suspended. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscle of testicle cremaster1678 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Cremaster, the Muscle, that holds up the Stones. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxvi. 218. 1842 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) 187 The Cremaster, considered as a distinct muscle, arises from the middle of Poupart's ligament. 1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 243 One delicate layer..forming what is known as the cremaster muscle. 2. Entomology. A name given by Kirby to the hook-like processes on the posterior extremity, by which many lepidopterous chrysalids suspend themselves; extended to the dorsal process or tip of the abdomen of the pupa of any insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis. ΚΠ 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 153 Pupa of Privet Hawk Moth..The tenth somite..bears..the cremaster..covered with spines which vary much in different specimens. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1678
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