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SEMINAL DUCT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The efferent duct of the testis in man
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("seminal duct" is a kind of...):
canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)
Meronyms (parts of "seminal duct"):
epididymis (a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens)
ductus deferens; vas deferens (a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct)
ejaculatory duct (a part of the seminal duct formed by the duct from the seminal vesicle and the vas deferens; passes through the prostate gland)
Holonyms ("seminal duct" is a part of...):
scrotum (the external pouch that contains the testes)