testicularadj.
/tɛˈstɪkjʊlə/ 1.
a. Of or pertaining to, containing, or having the nature or function of a testicle or testicles.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [adjective] > testicle
hunga1642
testicular1656
orchic1857
intratesticular1888
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Testicular,..belonging to the stones of man or beast.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Testicular, belonging to the testicles.
1861 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 3) x. 238 The fifth segment [of the earthworm], from behind, is again testicular,..so that the first and the last segments in this region are testicular, the three intermediate ones being ovarian.
1890 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis ix. 307 The spermatic or testicular secretion.
b. testicular feminization (or feminizing): a familial condition produced in genetically male persons by the failure of tissue to respond to male sex hormones, resulting in a normal female appearance (including external genitalia) but with testes in place of ovaries; usually attributive.
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the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > state or condition of having characteristics of both sexes
hermaphroditism1808
androgynism1823
hermaphrodism1828
androgynity1842
bisexuality1842
androgyny1852
bisexualism1865
pseudohermaphroditism1881
asexuality1886
virilism1896
bi-gender1912
intersexuality1916
sex intergrade1916
relative sexuality1926
ambisexuality1938
monoecy1949
testicular feminization (or feminizing)1953
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [noun] > virilization or feminization
feminism1875
virilism1922
virilization1951
testicular feminization (or feminizing)1953
1953 J. M. Morris in Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. 65 1192 Actually these patients present a fairly typical clinical picture. For this reason they have been singled out from the other forms of intersexuality, and we have called the clinical syndrome ‘testicular feminization’.
1959 Lancet 17 Oct. 592/1 Apparent females with testicular feminisation are sex-reversed males.
1970 Sci. Jrnl. June 50/1 However in rare cases, known as testicular feminization, the male organs do not develop although the foetus has testes and a male genetic constitution.
1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxix. 2/2 One other specific condition is the testicular feminizing syndrome in which XY individuals with testes nevertheless develop female external genitalia and female secondary development at puberty.
1978 Price's Textbk. Pract. Med. (ed. 12) v. 550/2 In the testicular feminization syndrome a different approach is indicated because..‘she’ may already be married and having satisfactory sexual intercourse.
2. Resembling a testicle in form; testiculate.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > spheroidal > others spec.
ovenwisec1720
testiculated1725
testiculate1760
testicular1769
mulberry-like1773
pomiform1819
napiform1833
moriform1857
beehived1885
1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 73 Berries of a reddish yellow colour, and testicular form.
1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 53 The genus orchis..derives its name from the testicular shape of the roots in many species.
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testicular cancer n. cancer arising in a testicle; an instance of this.
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1893 Amer. Medico-surg. Bull. 7 820/1 Malignant supra-clavicular adenitis in testicular cancer.
1937 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 217 1068/2 In the group of 100 testicular cancers..it was found that in 37 cases the patients complained of symptoms that were not referable to the scrotum.
1975 Jrnl. Med. Ethics 1 32/1 A man may have had his testes removed for testicular cancer which both removes his fertility and also threatens his life.
2009 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 24/1 We are advised to self-examine for suspicious lumps that might be testicular cancer.
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