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GENITAL SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring
Synonyms:
genital system; reproductive system
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genital system" is a kind of...):
system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)
Meronyms (parts of "genital system"):
germ cell; reproductive cell; sex cell (a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation)
reproductive organ; sex organ (any organ involved in sexual reproduction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "genital system"):
female reproductive system (the reproductive system of females)
male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)
Holonyms ("genital system" is a part of...):
apparatus urogenitalis; genitourinary apparatus; genitourinary system; systema urogenitale; urinary apparatus; urinary system; urogenital apparatus; urogenital system (the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine)
