didymus

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noun

A testis.

OriginAncient Greek δίδυμος →
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Meanings

noundidymus (plural didymi)

plural didymi

  1. obsoleterareA testis.

    But before you move aside the pubic bone look at the two didymi from the substance of the peritoneum, passing in the groin above the pubic bone on the right and left.

    1975, Levi Robert Lind, Studies in pre-Vesalian anatomy: biography, translations, documents

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδίδυμος“twin”
  2. Englishdidymus

From Ancient Greek δίδυμος (dídumos, “twin”).

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