Meanings
nounepididymis (plural epididymides or epididymises)
plural epididymides · plural epididymises
- anatomyA narrow, tightly-coiled tube connecting the efferent ducts from the rear of each testicle to its vas deferens, where sperm are stored during maturation.
Most men, I daresay, have never heard of their epididymis.
2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 332
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἐπιδιδυμίς
- Englishepididymis
From Ancient Greek ἐπιδιδυμίς (epididumís), from ἐπί (epí, “upon, over”) + δίδυμος (dídumos, “twin; testicle”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐπιδιδυμίς
- ἐπιδιδυμίς (epididumís)tube
Arabic بَرْبَخ
- بَرْبَخ (barbaḵ)tube
Bengali এপিডিডাইমিস
- এপিডিডাইমিস (epiḍiḍaimiś)tube
Bulgarian надсеменник
- надсеменник (nadsemennik)tube
Catalan epidídim
- epidídimtube
Chinese Cantonese 附睪 /附睾
- 附睪 /附睾 (fu⁶ gou¹)tube
Chinese Mandarin 附睪 /附睾
- 附睪 /附睾 (fùgāo)tube
Czech nadvarle
- nadvarletube
Danish bitestikel
- bitestikeltube
Dutch bijbal, paratestikel
- bijbaltube
- paratestikeltube
- epididymistube
Esperanto epididimo
- epididimotube
Estonian munandimanus
- munandimanustube
Finnish lisäkives
- lisäkivestube
French épididyme
- épididymetube
German Nebenhoden
- Nebenhodentube
Greek επιδιδυμίδα
- επιδιδυμίδα (epididymída)tube
Hebrew יותרת האשך
- יותרת האשךtube
Hindi अधिवृषण
- अधिवृषण (adhivŕṣaṇ)tube
Hungarian mellékhere
- mellékheretube
Icelandic eistalyppa, eistnalyppa
- eistalyppatube
- eistnalyppatube
- eistnabróðirtube
Italian epididimo
- epididimotube
Japanese 精巣上体
- 精巣上体 (seisōjōtai)tube
Latin epididymis
- epididymistube
Latvian sēklinieka piedēklis
- sēklinieka piedēklistube
Lithuanian sėklidės prielipas
- sėklidės prielipastube
Māori pōkai tātea
- pōkai tāteatube
Norwegian bitestikkel
- bitestikkeltube
Persian بربخ
- بربخ (barbax)tube
Polish najądrze
- najądrzetube
Portuguese epidídimo
- epidídimotube
Romanian epididim
- epididimtube
Russian прида́ток яи́чка
- прида́ток яи́чка (pridátok jaíčka)tube
Slovak nadsemenník
- nadsemenníktube
Spanish epidídimo
- epidídimotube
Swedish bitestikel
- bitestikeltube
Tagalog puno ng anurang-punlay
- puno ng anurang-punlaytube
Turkish epididimis
- epididimistube
Cite this entry
APA
epididymis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epididymis
MLA
“epididymis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epididymis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epididymis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epididymis.
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