didymisn.
Anatomy. Obsolete.
= epididymis n.
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parastata1578
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paradidymis1876
parorchis1878
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 169 Þoruȝ þis dindimi goiþ arterijs and veynes to þe ballokis.]
1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. i. f. 10/2 The didymes ben thin skynnes, which compasse the stones, & holde them hangyng.
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cxxii Of this Siphac the two didimes be ingendred the which doth descend to the stones.
1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Didymis, a synonym of Epididymis.
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