SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("seminiferous tubule" is a kind of...):

tubule (a small tube)

Holonyms ("seminiferous tubule" is a part of...):

ball; ballock; bollock; egg; nut; orchis; testicle; testis (one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens)

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