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REPRODUCTIVE 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 ("reproductive system" is a kind of...):
system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)
Meronyms (parts of "reproductive 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 "reproductive system"):
female reproductive system (the reproductive system of females)
male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)
Holonyms ("reproductive 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)
Context examples:
Melanomas may also arise in other anatomic sites including the gastrointestinal system, eye, urinary tract, and reproductive system.
(Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An epithelial neoplasm of the female reproductive system arising from mesonephric remnants.
(Mesonephric Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes Muellerian-inhibiting factor protein, is involved in the morphogenesis of the reproductive system.
(AMH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A precancerous neoplastic process that arises from the female reproductive system.
(Female Reproductive System Precancerous Condition, NCI Thesaurus)
A group of tumors affecting the female reproductive system, characterized by the presence of epithelial and stromal elements.
(Mixed Mesodermal (Mullerian) Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A gland in the male reproductive system just below the bladder.
(Murine Prostate, NCI Thesaurus)
The ovaries are part of the female reproductive system.
(Ovarian Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
Norethindrone binds to the progesterone intracellular receptors in the reproductive system and the resultant activated complex interacts with specific DNA sites.
(Norethindrone, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the male or female reproductive system.
(Non-Neoplastic Reproductive System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
Terminology associated with the reproductive system findings test name codelist of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).
(CDISC SDTM Reproductive System Findings Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
